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Welcome to Serbia and the beautiful city of Belgrade for our

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back-to-back coverage of the European indoor athletics

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Championships. It is day two of the three and already we have seen a man

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in a GB vest take gold. Here comes Pozzi and he gets it and

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is rewarded with the title of European indoor champion.

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Not bad for a day one and there are ten more golds up for grabs and

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plenty of Brits in contention including the 1500 metres where

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Scotland's Laura Muir is looking for her first international medal. It's

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going to be tight on the line. She makes sure. Hoping to show them how

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it's done loving Nilsson goes in the 400 metres. She looks fairly

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comfortable. And Richard Kilty, the Teesside tornado, looking to defend

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his title in front of an expectant crowd. Richard Kilty easing away.

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That and a whole lot more to get your teeth stuck into. Now, that's

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what I call Saturday evening entertainment. It has been a

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glorious day here in Belgrade, temperatures hitting 21 degrees. It

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is a magnificent city, sitting on the confluence of the two rivers and

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we are here in the Kombank arena normally home to things like ice

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hockey and basketball and athletics is doing it proud and we have a pact

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next four hours of athletics for you with ten golds up for grabs, and

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Great Britain sniffing around a good few of them but there are plenty of

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British athletes who have their eye on the main prize in this evening's

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session. Denise Lewis, Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe alongside me for

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this one, who are very excited because there are some really strong

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contenders out there, the sprints for the men, the semis, Richard

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Kilty is looking to retain his title and Laura Muir who I don't think any

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of our pundits have said is anything but nailed on for it. It is

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dangerous to say that. She is in the form of her life but she must get it

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right here and she must make no mistakes, she is the one to shoot

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at. But she is in that position where they can't run away from her

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and will not be able to out sprint her so as long as she stays out of

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trouble she should be all right. You've always got to have that sense

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of jeopardy that things could go wrong in a major championship so she

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still has to get round. In the men's sprints, slightly more problematic

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because we have had so many problems with the starter gun and it was a

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nervy time this morning for the sprinters, wasn't it? It was but

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much better than yesterday. The nerves have been settled, I think

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the officials and starters have got to grips with everything and we saw

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some good sprinting. And the times, not that we should take too much

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from the times in the heats, but the British men in three of the top four

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spaces, including the top two, Theo Etienne, Midget championship debut,

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it is really encouraging, isn't it? It is very encouraging -- major

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championship debut. Now they will fancy their chances, which is great

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to see, it will make it more competitive right across the board.

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Coming to a major championships knowing you have the ability to take

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the title is going to spur them on. It is great to see, certainly busier

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than it was in this morning's session, the atmosphere but then

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because there are a few key Serbian athletes coming up for the evening

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sessions. Let's tell you what is coming up for you in the next four

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hours or so. Andy Potts seat struck hurdling gold last night and we will

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see him receive it and hear the anthem at 4:40pm. -- Andreozzi. The

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of Brits, guilty, Theo Etienne Andrew Robertson in the semis and

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then the final letter. We will see Savea Oskan-Clarke and Kyle Langford

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as they aim to qualify for tomorrow's 800 metres quarterfinals.

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And Scotland's Laura Muir, the big favourite, in the 1500 metre final,

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could be the first of two big golds for her in Belgrade. Loving Nilsson

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is aiming for her first major medals, she has high hopes in a hot

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400-metre final. And completing the Brit Pack medal attack is Tom

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Lancashire, in with a shout of some precious metal. Here are the timings

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to make sure you are in front of a television at the appropriate

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moments. We have the high jump final for the women and triple jump final

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bow to take place, the women's pole vault final is also going to kick

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off very soon, it is always spectacular in doors and you want to

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be around at 4:40pm to see Andrew Pozzi who struggle so much with

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injury in the last few years at major championships, still seeing

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things come together in what could be a huge year for his career. At

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5:30pm it is the men's semifinals in the 60 metres. And then we have the

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800 semis with Shelayna Oskan-Clarke and Kyle Langford at 6pm and Laura

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Muir and Sarah McDonald get things going in the 1500 metre final.

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Loving Nilsson is the only Brit in the 400 final after she done at her

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sister dropped out ahead of the championships and Aline Doyle didn't

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make the final. At 7:15pm it is Tom Lancashire in the 1500 final for the

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men had at 7:55pm it is the men's 60-metre final and some of our guys

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could be done get a 1-2- three for Great Britain, they have the

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potential. Great Britain sit joint fourth with Belgium after the Andrew

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Pozzi gold. There are only five golds up for grabs yesterday, plenty

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more medals you would expect to be added to the tally from today's

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performances and great chances as well.

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No big surprises so far, Denise? In terms of how things are panning out,

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didn't make the 400-metre final. If there was one athlete that has grown

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and demonstrated that she belongs out there it is heard a dependable

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shoulders for the 4x400 metres and also a solid performer in

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championships, so to see her, I don't think she overcooked it, it

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was just one of those things that happens in races, she went hard, she

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had to do it and just missed out on qualification. Sarah McDonald also

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in the 1500 metre final with Laura Muir, what kind of performance can

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we expect from her? Bit of an unknown quantity for the rest of the

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pack. Absolutely. Coming here was already a big step up coming to a

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major championships and to make the final and run as well as she did to

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qualify outright in the heats will have given her a big boost to her

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confidence. I think she was just go into that final with very much the

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opinion of, OK, I will just give it my best shot, everything that

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happens here is just a bonus because making the final was already a big

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step forward. And Tom Lancashire, we should look out for him. Coached by

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Steve Cram, he's done very well so far. Do you see him getting into the

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medals? He is capable of it and Tom has taken big steps forward with his

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confidence this season, at the beginning of the season he wasn't

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really seeing it click. He got himself in the right positions, he

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was really unlucky because he got bumped and lost much faster time but

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if he gets it right he is strong and needs to believe himself, in himself

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more but he is capable of getting a medal. You will have your eyes on

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how the tallies are working their way up because these are your

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predictions ahead of these championships. Colin is quite mean.

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He has gone for four golds but only to my Chris Old and two bronze

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giving a total of six but I make that eight, we need to change that.

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Denise has got eight which is correct maths, but you are going for

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three golds. Everybody saying Laura is nailed on and we already have

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Andy, so you don't think any more golds? I didn't want to be

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conservative, I didn't want to be put into this position, named and

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shamed! But I think this is a challenge, I didn't want to put

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Laura under pressure to get two golds so I have just gone for the

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one, for a change, and might tamper with the figures afterwards. But I'm

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thinking Richard Kilty might. You will obviously put your money on

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Laura so you don't think Richard will reclaim his title? I always put

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too much thought into this. I thought, how many? Take off some

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disasters and that is what it will be. You have more tallied? I went

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for how many I thought and then took some off so that might be more

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realistic. I think Laura took too much time thinking about that, don't

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you? CHUCKLES

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Earlier today was the men's shot put qualifying, you might have seen that

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on the red button and one of the big names for Serbia was out there and

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he wasn't having the best morning and he left it down to the final

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throw in the shot put to make the final so he gave at every effort and

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put everything into it and it was so much that it went over the netting

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and onto the track, which would ordinarily be not a problem if, of

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course, there wasn't an athlete in the way. You can see a little bit

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from this angle, a blue vested athlete sprinting out of the way but

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showing you the other angle, have a look at the other athlete near the

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meeting it was Robbie Grabarz in the middle of trying to qualify for the

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high jump final, and luckily he has a good turn of pace and he has his

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wits about him because he sees the shot put, sprints away and it runs

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almost exactly where he was but the shot put carries on running at the

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same speed as the long jumper, almost beating her to the sand in

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the long jump competition, all in a morning's work, everyone seemed very

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nonplussed about it and it was eventually rescued. If anybody tells

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you athletics is not a dangerous sport they are not watching closely

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enough. Welcome to the indoors, this happens! You have got to keep your

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eye out, there is a lot going on, it is very close, even though this is

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one of the better arenas but I've seen it happen before. They cram so

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much into a tight space and one of the events where that can make a

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real difference is the high jump because running in from the

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left-hand side it is a tight run-up and as Tony talked about earlier in

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the women's high jump competition, final is well underway, so Steve can

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bring you up to speed. The women who made the final, eight of them,

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including Morgan Lake of Great Britain jumped very well yesterday,

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1.90 but watch out for the Lithuanian who jumped two metres.

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The Olympic champion from Spain. One of the main contenders. There is

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Morgan Lake getting ready, hopefully not dodging any shop that is. Robbie

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Grabarz dodging that shot put qualified for tomorrow's

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quarterfinal but this is the women's final. All athletes clear at 1.80

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including Lake, the bar is at 1.85. This is the first attempt. Really

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good. 1.85 looking in really good shape in those opening heights,

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Morgan Lake. You can see her coach sitting in the background. She has

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been across to talk to him between jumps. Cutting the corner off

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slightly I think was the message. I mentioned Ruth Beitia, 37 years of

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age, 6'3", Olympic champion from 2016. 15 competitions at two metres

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or better, as Beitia and she is the one to fear and is the most

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experience. 1.85 to match Morgan. Very comfortable indeed, showing her

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class and composure in a major and she will be the one to beat, for

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sure, as the bar heightens. 1.85, pedestrian for the Olympic champion,

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for sure. 1.89, the bar is raised to. Morgan Lake from the opposite

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side starting her run-up out on the track in lane two, as you can see

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she cuts across here. She made a mess of that. That was her first

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try. I mentioned the position she started

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in, she cut the corner off a little bit and gets a little bit twisted at

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take-off. That's how to do it, the failure at 1.89. Second attempt.

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Well, maybe not even as good as the first one. Got very close to that,

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did Lake. She cleared 1.90 in qualification, remember, tenth in

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the Olympics last year, Morgan Lake, won the world Junior Championships

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three years ago so she is very comfortable with these heights but

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she has put herself under immense pressure here. A shake of the head I

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saw from Morgan. Not sure what that means. Probably her best effort but

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three fouls for Lake and disappointment for her. She is

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beside herself. She knew that was something that she had the potential

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to clear, 1.89, just to remind you, the bar that was knocked off three

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times by Morgan Lake. That's three fouls and she is out. And as the

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competition continues Morgan Lake packs her bag and is asked to leave.

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It's not her day. Choosing not to do the multi-event here and focused on

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the high jump and it hasn't worked out, so back to the drawing board. I

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am sure there will be a chat. Three fouls for Lake at 1.89.

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So as you saw that the next height 192, this is Simic from Croatia.

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Came down on that. Someone asked expected to be a contender goes out.

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A rueful smile. Not what she would have wanted by any means. European

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bronze-medallist from 2014 Simic but that is the end of her day.

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I mentioned the Lithuanian Palsyte, 1.9 for the bar is at. She is in

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serious shape. That is a very competent, capable jump. Denoting

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the European league for the Lithuanian athlete will be possibly

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the one to beat. Second best to Beitia in the past. A clean sheet

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the Lithuanian. It then turned to Beitia. 1.94, the Olympic champion

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strides out to match the jump of Palsyte comfortably. So Beitia,

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Palsyte, was built at the head-to-head -- was built at the

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head-to-head and it is going in that direction. A smile on the face of

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Beitia, clean sheet in first place. She is very used to that. This is

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the young 19-year-old Levchenko. Third attempt. A pressure jump. That

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is some celebration. Fantastic stuff. Superb, a lifetime best for

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the young Ukrainian. Won a bronze medal last year. She really throws

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herself at that. Look at that. A fantastic pressure jump. Two

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centimetres added to her lifetime best. Brilliant stuff. Stays in the

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competition. The bar will be raised. Personal best in the European indoor

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final. Okuneva from Ukraine, nine times Ukrainian champion, 1.94,

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unable to go clear so... Okuneva not even close to that. That

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would have matched her lifetime best, she has done that this year

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though. Not today. The bar has been raised to 1.96 and

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Palsyte to go into the lead. Yes. Looked so composed. Very impressive

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stuff. We knew she jumped two metres coming into these championships, but

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she is showing some championship composure as well, normally Beitia

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in the past putting the pressure on the opposition but that is Palsyte

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with a clean sheet there. So Levchenko as she did in the previous

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heights. But not this time. 1.94 was clearly enough. She was pleased with

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that. But a bronze medal for a 19-year-old

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in a major championship is very impressive indeed. Levchenko ahead

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of her team-mate, look at that, a lifetime best. So then Beitia to

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respond. Last attempt. Wasn't going to be. So rude Beitia, the champion

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last year who seemed unbeatable last year, major champion and what an

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experience she has had over the years. Really leans away from that

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and brings herself back but slightly missed timed. 1.96, just shy of her

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season best. Right then, Palsyte has won with 1.96, her second attempt at

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2.0 one. Easy. How about that. The nod from Beitia. The first time we

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have seen her face lights up. What an effort. I wanted to say it is a

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European league but the world champion from Russia has jumped 2.0

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three, no Russians involved due to the blanket ban. Palsyte adds one

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centimetre to her lifetime best and is confirmed as the European

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champion ahead of the Olympic champion, that'll mean so much to

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take the scalp of Beitia. The gold medal wrapped in the flag of

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Lithuania, what a performance. Done in style. It says the European

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league there and as I say that is without the Russian names added. We

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will give her that one. Two point 01, a lifetime best when it matters

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the most. Absolutely superb performance, came in as one of the

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favourites and absolutely delivered. There is gold, silver, bronze. 18

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years difference between silver and bronze. As you can see in lane for

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practising his finish Tony what did you make of this. ? I have had a

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high jump lesson here and it is a privilege to do this, I'm really

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impressed with the junior girl Levchenko, jumps into bronze medal

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position. If you look at the winner and the way she jumped,

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unbelievable, what a free neat. She comes in from the right-hand side,

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huge leap and the inside right leg, a big driven need up and over the

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bar, classic high jumping. If you looked at the textbook that would be

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it. Certainly she is world number one here, European number one, that

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I think is superb. A quick word on Morgan Lake, a difficult day for

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her? Morgan looked fantastic, 180 - 85, she had a lot of pop off the

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floor and really the run-up to let her down for me. She straightened up

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and ran at the middle of the bar over the last two steps, because

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she's running straight on at a diagonal angle it is difficult, you

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then have to rotate which takes you in towards the bar. Her third

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attempt was magnificent lift but not quite enough, really because of the

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rotation it is difficult to arch over the bar. Really unlucky because

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she was coming off of the floor fantastically. Really she would have

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been able to jump close to her season 's best if she had done that.

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So we're off and running for the evening session and yesterday was a

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great start to the championships with a golden and for Great Britain.

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Tight on the line. An impressive run from Tom Lancashire. She is

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outstanding multi-event earth. Looks to be comfortable. Men's six

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hurdles. Otaegui coming to an positive so. He got it and he won

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the gold medal. And there he is about to get his

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gold medal, his first major medal, can you take yourself back to that

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moment: when it was here and what it feels like? It's very special. It's

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hard to achieve your ultimate goal and it so good that Andy has

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returned in such a strong way. He would have fought this time last

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year he would be the fastest in the world and the European indoor

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champion -- thoughts. You know as well as anyone, when you train hard

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and an injury comes along and a really inappropriate moment comes

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along, as it has done with him so many times, not being able to get

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the training in, this could be the start of a really good year?

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Absolutely because that injury breaks up momentum and when it is

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more than one, it really breaks the momentum of the trajectory of where

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his career is going so this has got him right back on track and has

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given huge confidence. He stayed healthy through the season and has

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come here to achieve the main objective. And he, every time is

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injured, it's not just getting the fitness back and getting himself

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striding but the technical element to because hurdlers do not hurdle

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every time they train. It's him having to get as many of those

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sessions in and one of the things he said is he puts more sessions in the

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sea than the previous two seasons? Exactly. To me it is the mental

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belief. He had to adapt is training to get to the Olympics. It is the

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body of work that he has been able to put together which has allowed

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him and afforded him this. It is that patients of not giving up and

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it is a strong message for any athlete out there. We have had a few

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out there who have had a few destructive seasons. How good could

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this year be for him's should we expect him to make a world final and

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where should he finished? He himself will think he will make a world

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final and that is the most important thing. He believes in himself and I

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think he can be in a final and Nick medal. He is that good. The back end

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of the race is where he can be at his very best so because he is

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technically good it's means when he is under pressure he will not make

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many mistakes. He won't say executed yesterday perfectly but the times he

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posted this year gave him confidence that he knew he had it, the

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technical training to get himself through and to propel software over

:28:05.:28:08.

the final hurdles? And there is his gold. I missed the name of the back

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is it Bella? He has his own Bella the Bear and his own anthem to

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listen to. ENGLISH National Anthem Let's hope that that is the first of

:28:18.:29:05.

many for him and he will hear that anthem and see his flag fly many

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more times. He is only 24 years old and he has a very bright future in

:29:11.:29:14.

deed and apologies to the bear which is actually a lion. It looks very

:29:15.:29:22.

much like the bears are my daughter has on her bed at time but there you

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go. One person spare is another person is lying. We started the

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men's heptathlon today and Ashley Bryant had a really good start

:29:33.:29:36.

today. It was the shot put competition this afternoon and they

:29:37.:29:41.

got underway if you hours ago but here is the story to bring you up to

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speed so far. Away this time. Ashley Bryant got off to a good start. It

:29:50.:30:00.

is all about the time 7.0 five. Dudas is a quick sprinter. Anything

:30:01.:30:07.

close to his personal best this year would be a good start for Ashley

:30:08.:30:08.

Bryant. So Ashley Bryant round two. Better

:30:09.:30:26.

on the board. That is a big jump. Ashley Bryant a glance out to the

:30:27.:30:38.

scoreboard, looks better on the board, slight rotation, still has a

:30:39.:30:42.

little bit of space there but an improvement, just looking down there

:30:43.:30:46.

he can't do that, hard when you try to make the adjustments but it

:30:47.:30:48.

affects your head position. So after two events Ashley Bryant in

:30:49.:31:02.

second place, he has had a good season breaking his personal best

:31:03.:31:06.

throughout the season in various events and here it is the seven

:31:07.:31:11.

events over two days. Looking at the second page you can see Lee Ramsay

:31:12.:31:15.

is also getting himself off to a good start. He can do a good start

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next up is the shot put. Third event of the seven, shot put,

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and Ashley Bryant started the day well, the lifetime best in the

:31:35.:31:39.

Sprint. Could have maybe squeezed out a little more. 7.66 in the long

:31:40.:31:47.

jump but solid, and in the shot put this is his third attempt. That will

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be measured at 14.57. Ashley Bryant very close to his lifetime best

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which he did very recently, well, early January, in Sheffield, 14.65,

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so within a few centimetres of what he is capable of. Very capable

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shot-putter, of Montenegro, Darko Pesic, uses his leave as well.

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16-metre man. Big shout from Pesic, champion from last year. The

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penultimate event of day one, just the high jump remaining. 60, hurdle,

:32:38.:32:45.

pole vault and 1000 metres tomorrow. Pesic will move up into eighth place

:32:46.:32:48.

at the end of that shot put competition. Here is the main man,

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the silver-medallist from Rio last year, Kevin Mayer.. Season's best of

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over 50 metres. Kevin Mayer smashed his own lifetime best by over 300

:33:08.:33:11.

points in Rio. Thriving under the pressure of the Olympics, doing

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pretty well here as well. Kevin Mayer, a shake of the head, I don't

:33:21.:33:23.

think that means he didn't like it in any way at all. Because he is in

:33:24.:33:29.

serious shape at the start of the day, 695 in the sprints, 7.64 in the

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long jump, and that was a big effort in the shot put, 15.66 metres,

:33:37.:33:50.

season's best. Here is Adam Sebastian Helcelet of the Czech

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Republic. Some history, European silver-medallist, good experience.

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Down the left sector, but good effort for him, his best of the

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afternoon. Helcelet doing his chances of an overall medal some

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good there. 15.25, his best, but Kevin Mayer out in front ahead of

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Helcelet. Season is best for Helcelet. Liam Ramsey has had a

:34:29.:34:35.

challenging day so far. His long jump unravelled somewhat. He

:34:36.:34:38.

sprinted reasonably well but got caught up in a few false starts.

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Liam Ramsey with a lifetime best of 13.64. But gaining experience all

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the way just shy of his lifetime best. That was measured at 13.62. He

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gathered himself well after disappointment in the long jump. So,

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what did all that mean after three events. As I alluded to Kevin Mayer,

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the Frenchman, out in front, 76 points ahead of Ashley Bryant,

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putting up a brilliant series of performances and the

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silver-medallist from the European outdoors, Adam Helcelet, Ashley

:35:28.:35:30.

Bryant would love to stay in that spot. Liam Ramsey down in 14th place

:35:31.:35:33.

as we move towards the halfway stage. As I say, only the high jump

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left in that heptathlon competition over two days here at the European

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Indoors. STUDIO: The high jump for the

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heptathlon coming up for the men very soon, three more events for

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them tomorrow, a really great start from the captain. His high jump is

:35:55.:35:55.

pretty strong. He needs to be closer to his

:35:56.:36:06.

personal best, 1.98. Kevin Mayer, good pole vault, and high jumper,

:36:07.:36:11.

but what a great three events from Ashley, he couldn't have hoped for a

:36:12.:36:15.

better start to his campaign. They are just coming up behind you. The

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women's triple? The guys, they are coming up for the high jump. No rest

:36:21.:36:25.

for the wicked. What I was saying about Ashley is that he has had to

:36:26.:36:29.

wait for the invitation to be here because they select the top eight in

:36:30.:36:34.

the world and whoever decides not to be here but next one comes down so

:36:35.:36:38.

he is using the opportunity well and he has come with targets and would

:36:39.:36:42.

like get close to the 6000 points barrier. Fishing in the top eight is

:36:43.:36:47.

a big ask but anything is possible with this sort of good start. --

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finishing in the top eight. Being the captain gives an added sense of

:36:53.:36:56.

responsibility and we have seen it work so well for other athletes in

:36:57.:37:00.

the past where they step up to the plate. He enjoys being captain, the

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added responsibility has worked wonders for him. We saw Andrew Pozzi

:37:04.:37:08.

do what he was opposed to do yesterday, so he will be really

:37:09.:37:12.

pleased will that -- with that and think he is in good shape himself,

:37:13.:37:16.

so anything, let me see if I can produce and lead by example. So far

:37:17.:37:20.

so good. The first event on the track coming up later will be the

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men's 60 metres semifinal, three men going in that, who finished in the

:37:27.:37:33.

top four earlier, they think they can be in the final later and on the

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podium, but nobody with more swagger than the reigning champion Richard

:37:40.:37:42.

Kilty who is a master of the indoors over 60, former world and current

:37:43.:37:46.

indoor champion and Steve Backley caught up with him when he arrived

:37:47.:37:47.

in Belgrade. Kilty gets a flying start. Gold for

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Kilty. Richard Kilty is already moving away. It is going to be gold

:38:02.:38:03.

for Britain. Coming in as defending champion, how

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does that affect your preparation and your mindset? Yeah, it's a bit

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different, I've never gone into anything as defending champion, I've

:38:20.:38:23.

never defended a title. When I come into a 60-metre competition in the

:38:24.:38:27.

world everybody knows me as somebody who has won everything there is

:38:28.:38:30.

indoors so definitely people see me as a bit of a target but I'm trying

:38:31.:38:34.

to look on it as a relaxed thing and not as if I have a title to defend

:38:35.:38:38.

but just a fresh competition to win and go out and attack it again. How

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do you prepare for the perfect start? I think the best way to

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prepare is just have your mind completely clear and then when you

:38:49.:38:53.

rise on to set in my mind there is nothing there whatsoever and on the

:38:54.:39:00.

next sound I've always been known to have superfast reactions, and on the

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odd occasion reactions which they deem too fast. I saw one Quow that

:39:06.:39:08.

said Richard Kilty can absolutely defend his title at the European

:39:09.:39:13.

indoors if he doesn't false start -- Quow. They have been marginal and

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maybe in your opinion the wrong side of it by the letter of the law. Yes.

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But very, very close. How do you perceive it? The rules are the rules

:39:26.:39:29.

but I think they are a little bit dated and it is a bit of a round

:39:30.:39:33.

figure, the tenth of a second and it is like saying all humans can run as

:39:34.:39:37.

fast as each other but we can't, we have different people and everyone

:39:38.:39:39.

can be acted differently because everybody in a race has completely

:39:40.:39:45.

different reaction times always. Sometimes a tenth or apart. I guess

:39:46.:39:53.

I will have to wait lately for the process and then go but I will

:39:54.:39:56.

definitely be aiming to react a little bit slower and a slow

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reaction from me is still quite quick. You mention your competitors.

:40:01.:40:05.

How where are you of what they do, how they are running, their

:40:06.:40:08.

preparation? Or is it all about you and your lane? I think lots of

:40:09.:40:13.

people are threats, it is a Championships, people can pull it

:40:14.:40:19.

out of the bag. I did it in 2014, 60 6-1 underdog, and people can do that

:40:20.:40:24.

so you cannot count anybody out and you have to have respect for all of

:40:25.:40:27.

the people in the field but go into the race knowing you are going to

:40:28.:40:30.

deliver your best on the day and have the confidence that that will

:40:31.:40:34.

be enough to win. What would it mean to you to successfully defend your

:40:35.:40:37.

European indoor title? It would be amazing. It's the first major

:40:38.:40:44.

championships I have been in since being a dad and that has given me

:40:45.:40:48.

the motivation and it is a breath of fresh air to me coming into our

:40:49.:40:53.

lives, it gives you that bit of motivation and spurs you on that

:40:54.:40:56.

little bit more to make my son proud.

:40:57.:41:00.

Richard Junior will be at home with his mum watching his dad later

:41:01.:41:05.

today. He has a pretty good genetic make-up himself, Richard Junior,

:41:06.:41:10.

because his mother is a Lithuanian triple jumper. Today it is all about

:41:11.:41:15.

his dad because you can tell really dumb he really has the bit between

:41:16.:41:19.

his teeth. It must be so hard after being so dominant indoors at major

:41:20.:41:22.

championships because outdoors he doesn't get into those finals, this

:41:23.:41:26.

is where he really makes his mark and makes his name. It is about the

:41:27.:41:31.

outdoors, this is just a transition for him, yes he comes here with high

:41:32.:41:35.

hopes and is focused and knows he is the defending champion but I think

:41:36.:41:38.

it is important that he takes it one at a time and he has a good chance

:41:39.:41:43.

today. I mentioned he had a lot of swagger earlier and there was lots

:41:44.:41:46.

of confidence from all of the British sprinters in the earlier

:41:47.:41:50.

heats this morning. Let's take a look at them now.

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It is a good start, here he comes flying. He has pulled up. He is

:41:56.:42:08.

clutching his hamstring and he is done for, a real shame for him. That

:42:09.:42:15.

is a shame. Kilty gets away reasonably well.

:42:16.:42:28.

Manga alongside him. Kilty easing away. Close for second. He is having

:42:29.:42:43.

a bit of a rant at himself. 6.62, not his best start, but he was OK

:42:44.:42:47.

and safe and gives himself chance to get familiar with the starter. Moved

:42:48.:42:51.

nicely in the middle of the race, 6.61 is a decent start for him.

:42:52.:42:57.

That is a good start by Theo Etienne, look at him move away. He

:42:58.:43:04.

is flying down the track, takes the victory, 6.64. Good run from the

:43:05.:43:16.

Swede in lane six. 6.64 from Etienne Capoue there is lofty talk of a

:43:17.:43:20.

British one, two, three. Theo Etienne will have to deliver.

:43:21.:43:23.

Talking about being a youngster and perhaps the thing that he must deal

:43:24.:43:26.

with is going through the rounds and dealing with three races in one day,

:43:27.:43:32.

he has certainly shown himself to be pretty composed and strong in the

:43:33.:43:33.

first of those races. Not such a good start because Rose

:43:34.:43:44.

gets away well and Andy Robertson is into his running and will just sneak

:43:45.:43:52.

this one. 6.67. Sometimes he can really explode out of the blocks,

:43:53.:43:57.

Andy Robertson. I'm thinking that was a nice save. You heard what

:43:58.:44:01.

Richard Kilty said about the warning. The safe thing to do is to

:44:02.:44:06.

stay in your blocks, and then he came out and got into his running

:44:07.:44:12.

nicely, and got past the fast starting Rose and held off the

:44:13.:44:19.

challenge at the end. Impressive, Colin. Yes, all three of them were

:44:20.:44:24.

very much in control of their heat which is what we wanted to see. I

:44:25.:44:28.

think they will relish the fact they will be battling amongst each other.

:44:29.:44:32.

Perhaps there may be one or two reason who could interrupt it but I

:44:33.:44:35.

think this could be our first-ever clean sweep in the sprints indoors.

:44:36.:44:40.

That would be a good thing to see for them. I think they will battle

:44:41.:44:45.

really hard. It was interesting to hear Andy Robertson this morning

:44:46.:44:49.

talking about a head-to-head with Richard Kilty, never mind the rest

:44:50.:44:54.

of the field. It was in a really positive way. We're not talking that

:44:55.:45:03.

way. He was positive and said he knows him really well. This is the

:45:04.:45:07.

key thing, there is no intimidation from anyone and Richard is defending

:45:08.:45:11.

champion, so of course he is the one that thinks he will attack. He gets

:45:12.:45:19.

out of the blocks really well. His dad is here, he has his physio here.

:45:20.:45:24.

I think again having the comfort around you knowing your coach is

:45:25.:45:28.

there pushing you on, egging you on in the right way, and feeling very

:45:29.:45:32.

confident in what you are capable of doing, it really sets you up well.

:45:33.:45:37.

And of course, now, he will have two races back-to-back in the semifinal

:45:38.:45:43.

and hopefully through to the final. If you look to your right. Somebody

:45:44.:45:49.

who looks like Andy Pozzi. And there is a spare chair next to you, I

:45:50.:45:53.

wonder if he is going to be there. He will know what it is like to be

:45:54.:45:57.

winning. The guys will have reflected a little bit of what

:45:58.:46:01.

Andrew has done himself and feel really excited about getting on this

:46:02.:46:05.

track and producing a great performance. So, for me, I'm really

:46:06.:46:10.

excited. Andy is just getting miked up and will come on and chat to us

:46:11.:46:14.

in a moment and our floor manager Wayne is holding his lion! Who is

:46:15.:46:21.

Wayne? I don't know who she is talking about either? Mr Wayne to

:46:22.:46:26.

you. LAUGHTER

:46:27.:46:34.

I think it is matter Wayne -- Matt. I don't think people needed to know

:46:35.:46:39.

his full name. Andrew Pozzi took your mind away from things, so it is

:46:40.:46:44.

all good. You know what you said, I think it's really important that

:46:45.:46:48.

sense of occasion, how many times British sprinters have had an

:46:49.:46:53.

opportunity to win these events? Robertson, Etienne Stott, they are

:46:54.:47:01.

in the mix and they have to try not to make it a domestic battle --

:47:02.:47:03.

Etienne Stott. to make it a domestic battle --

:47:04.:47:08.

Etienne They have got to get out hard. Theo Etienne was impressive

:47:09.:47:11.

this morning because he was a reserve for the Worlds last year and

:47:12.:47:15.

didn't go. He was here today with a real swagger. He is 5'4" and his

:47:16.:47:24.

turnover makes him look bigger. Tony compared him to you in terms of the

:47:25.:47:26.

way he carries himself because he said you should really be 6'3" with

:47:27.:47:32.

your legs. This is really great to see. There is no sense that he is

:47:33.:47:36.

intimidated, he works hard out of the blocks. He has a really nice

:47:37.:47:40.

range of movement for somebody who is relatively short as a sprinter.

:47:41.:47:43.

Many people would have thought he would have had a lot of turnover and

:47:44.:47:47.

work more on cadence than frequency but no, he has a nice stride length

:47:48.:47:52.

and I think he could be a genuine threat. I'm really excited to see

:47:53.:47:56.

what this battle is going to be and how it will turn out. Andy Pozzi is

:47:57.:47:57.

here. Congratulations that was a wonderful

:47:58.:48:09.

moment. It was a bit tight. It was fantastic to see you up there to get

:48:10.:48:13.

the team going, a brilliant season you have had so far of course and to

:48:14.:48:18.

clinch it and really finish it off because all of the times you posted

:48:19.:48:22.

so far would mean nothing unless you can get that around your neck. The

:48:23.:48:28.

season has started and finished with this competition. Everything before

:48:29.:48:34.

was great in terms of setting me up for the future, it will lead to this

:48:35.:48:37.

and it wouldn't have been the same if I didn't finish of the gold.

:48:38.:48:42.

Let's look at you on the podium. You can see yourself of the aunt and

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coming up. We will get that in a moment. We will get you a best bets

:48:47.:48:55.

coming up. We have spoken to this season about how you have gotten her

:48:56.:49:00.

because of so many disappointments over the last three years. To keep

:49:01.:49:04.

going and have that perseverance you will be a poster boy for those kind

:49:05.:49:08.

of people who are struggling with injuries and an appropriate times

:49:09.:49:11.

and things come along that set people back so tell us about the

:49:12.:49:17.

journey. I think we have so many talented British athletes that get

:49:18.:49:19.

disturbed in their preparation through injury and the one thing you

:49:20.:49:25.

have to try to hold onto is that talent is not going anywhere and if

:49:26.:49:30.

you can fight through it you have support then it be worth it

:49:31.:49:35.

eventually. I'm really lucky I was well supported for the last five

:49:36.:49:38.

years without really offering a whole lot back in terms of results.

:49:39.:49:47.

Every time there is a new competition by the athletes are

:49:48.:49:50.

introduced into the arena at the women's pole vault is about to

:49:51.:49:55.

underway so they are being brought him, you are part of that razzmatazz

:49:56.:50:01.

yesterday evening, did you enjoy it? By friends takes me saying I looked

:50:02.:50:08.

terribly awkward. Colin said he wouldn't write it either. I was

:50:09.:50:17.

sheepish. I'm not sure I like it. Moving the event onwards, it's not

:50:18.:50:21.

for me personally, I wouldn't have enjoyed it. I like to stay focused.

:50:22.:50:28.

We like to see it in the relays in the world but this environment, this

:50:29.:50:36.

whole indoor environment is very impersonal, you're next to other

:50:37.:50:40.

events in close proximity so I imagine different levels of

:50:41.:50:45.

concentration. The atmosphere is impossible to escape, as songs you

:50:46.:50:49.

enjoy that and enjoy taking it all in then it is a great environment

:50:50.:50:53.

for words. I like seeing the long jumper whatever is going around.

:50:54.:51:01.

Tell me about what was going on with the false start yesterday and how it

:51:02.:51:06.

was affecting athletes, a record number of false starts yesterday,

:51:07.:51:08.

clearly there were technical problems, what was your awareness?

:51:09.:51:13.

You saw my final so I was desperate not to be a part of that and I had

:51:14.:51:19.

to in my heat and we didn't get away into the third time of asking so I

:51:20.:51:24.

was very conscious going into it. Because I came in in good form, I

:51:25.:51:31.

was expecting to not be walking off and to not raise within criminal. I

:51:32.:51:36.

tried to be a little bit safe but it went too far I think. We were down

:51:37.:51:41.

here when the women's event was happening and I think their work for

:51:42.:51:47.

in that one. The crowd were just billing and it's the first time I've

:51:48.:51:53.

experienced that much, even at lunch before coming down, everybody round

:51:54.:51:57.

the table was talking about. To the morning so we were well aware. --

:51:58.:52:11.

talking about the false starts in the morning. My starts had been my

:52:12.:52:14.

best bit all year, this is the first time I've come from behind, normally

:52:15.:52:19.

I'm good at hurdle won but it was new and a bit nervy I will be

:52:20.:52:23.

honest. My heart stopped for a moment before kind of kicking into

:52:24.:52:27.

overdrive and you can see there it is a bit messy but I was not going

:52:28.:52:32.

to lose that one. It was tight there and there was a brilliant get but

:52:33.:52:37.

what we were all impressed with was that you didn't panic and snatch at

:52:38.:52:42.

the early hurdles. That was going to be a concern, when you're slightly

:52:43.:52:50.

behind and you know, you kept a cool head and during the acceleration

:52:51.:52:55.

phase you are beautifully clean and that sets you up well, then you can

:52:56.:52:59.

chase. Let's have a look again, you can tell us about this. You can see

:53:00.:53:06.

immediately at this point I was aware, I felt this was my race and I

:53:07.:53:12.

got back in. A bit scrappy than I would've liked but I usually got up

:53:13.:53:17.

to moving at a quick speed we did the analysis from the first hurdle

:53:18.:53:21.

to the finish and it was maybe my best race of the season. I was

:53:22.:53:25.

dealing with a lot of pressure to content. I just remember coming off

:53:26.:53:33.

hurdle to thinking there is no way I'm winning this. So where do you go

:53:34.:53:39.

to now? What are your plans and targets? I have to follow this up.

:53:40.:53:46.

As you guys alluded to overran the quickest time in the world, the

:53:47.:53:52.

three quickest times for the worlds, so really I'm going to have a couple

:53:53.:53:57.

of days off and recover, go back into longer work and then make sure

:53:58.:54:02.

we can last for ten hurdles over the 110 distance. And then when will you

:54:03.:54:07.

start competing? We are going warm weather training at the end of March

:54:08.:54:11.

to the start of May and potentially at the end of April. It all depends

:54:12.:54:18.

I think. What a marvellous opportunity to be in this form with

:54:19.:54:22.

the home while Championships Leeming in August. Half a chance of that

:54:23.:54:27.

with London and the wheels came off but this is a different setup now.

:54:28.:54:33.

I'm miles ahead in terms of preparation. We've gained so much

:54:34.:54:36.

knowledge from the last few years in regards to training so we know what

:54:37.:54:41.

is maybe risky for me in terms of the past races I've had and getting

:54:42.:54:47.

the most out of it. We are admiring the shiny medal there, any story

:54:48.:54:53.

about why it has so many sides, what is the history of the design, do you

:54:54.:54:58.

know anything yet? You are asking the wrong person, I'm just happy to

:54:59.:55:05.

be wearing it. We will have to find out. It's a beautiful thing and

:55:06.:55:11.

hopefully the start of many for you, tell us about the team atmosphere

:55:12.:55:15.

and what the guys and girls are feeling and what the hopes for today

:55:16.:55:20.

and tomorrow? It's really strong and it's a really young team and with

:55:21.:55:24.

that comes a lot of excitement. Quite a lot of people are here for

:55:25.:55:28.

the first time and I almost feel slightly old on the team which is

:55:29.:55:33.

saying something. The team atmosphere is great and only last

:55:34.:55:36.

night a number of people are saying this is the best trip they have been

:55:37.:55:41.

on, a lot of coaches who've been around for years. It is good and

:55:42.:55:46.

we're here to get results and that is the most important thing, I'm

:55:47.:55:51.

glad to have started a tough world. We have incredible athletes coming

:55:52.:55:54.

today and tomorrow. You will be cheering them on from the site? Over

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the next 24 hours and handing on to bellow the lion. It's a white lion.

:56:02.:56:08.

I've been told it's a white lion. I don't know how I got confused

:56:09.:56:15.

because up close it is clear. Keep hold of that, keep your medal close

:56:16.:56:18.

and thank you so much, a great moment last night and many more over

:56:19.:56:25.

the next 24 hours or so. Andy has certainly put a marker down for the

:56:26.:56:29.

World Championships later this year, it promises to be a fantastic home

:56:30.:56:42.

games. Bolt! He's done it. It's a new British record. It's a mammoth

:56:43.:56:50.

job. A new world record. Sophie Hitchen what an effort. Elaine

:56:51.:56:57.

Thompson has Olympic gold. It's huge. A new British record. He's

:56:58.:57:04.

going to win the world title. A beautiful job. She has smashed the

:57:05.:57:13.

British record. Mo Farrah wins the gold.

:57:14.:57:20.

We are all looking forward to London, when we walked out of the

:57:21.:57:26.

Olympic Stadium and the Olympic park five years ago, I remember thinking

:57:27.:57:30.

we will be backed up while Championships and it was so far away

:57:31.:57:35.

and here we are a season away. What is about it, and is summarised it,

:57:36.:57:41.

he had a very different feeling of the Olympic Games and the Olympic

:57:42.:57:46.

park for him in 2012, what and how his life has changed from that one

:57:47.:57:51.

performance. He is so looking forward to those and now of course

:57:52.:57:56.

he can be one of the poster boys. Absolutely has to keep fit and

:57:57.:57:59.

strong and what a fantastic launch pad this is for him. And what he

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said was he had to train smart and modify his training to make sure

:58:06.:58:09.

that he gives himself a fighting chance and that is the maturity of

:58:10.:58:13.

him and his team and that's what hopefully will keep him on track as

:58:14.:58:18.

we head towards the Championships. Exciting times. Let's have a little

:58:19.:58:24.

look back at what was going on this morning. The women's long jump

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qualification this morning. Talk us through this. I have to say Lorraine

:58:30.:58:37.

was relaxed going into the competition. She knew what she had

:58:38.:58:46.

to do, her first attempt, you couldn't ask for more. A great

:58:47.:58:53.

position. What's interesting, she knows she has come into the

:58:54.:58:56.

competition being one of the big time favourites and that adds more

:58:57.:59:00.

pressure. I'm pretty sure after that kind of jump she will be going all

:59:01.:59:07.

right in the race, that good. Here she is. She is the poster girl,

:59:08.:59:23.

there are 60 flirt posters of her outside Spanovic. Boy did she come

:59:24.:59:27.

here and impress, roared on by the crowd that was here, powerful strong

:59:28.:59:32.

running, accurate and look at that. Over seven metres. Automatic

:59:33.:59:38.

qualification and job done. Brilliant. I was looking at her

:59:39.:59:45.

social media and in her hotel room they have a picture of the number

:59:46.:59:51.

seven which is the benchmark for world-class long jumping, she

:59:52.:59:54.

cleared that in qualification so you know she will go well. This is

:59:55.:00:00.

brilliant to see that. A home crowd victory is what he want to see and

:00:01.:00:04.

when it is the poster girl, we knew what it was like when ingested

:00:05.:00:08.

happening, she would do the same thing here and how exciting. Ugen is

:00:09.:00:13.

in the final as well and that will push the athletes on. We saw in

:00:14.:00:20.

Brazil how to upset the apple cart when you have the home favourite and

:00:21.:00:24.

of course Great Britain has another athlete aiming to qualify. Jasmine

:00:25.:00:30.

Sawyers who has been dividing her time between singing and long

:00:31.:00:34.

jumping. Her eye is on her athletics. It needed to be, she was

:00:35.:00:41.

struggling on the runway. I'm not used to seeing her like that. What

:00:42.:00:47.

we do know is that when the chips are down she is able to raise her

:00:48.:00:54.

game and bounceback. I can't imagine how she was feeling because she

:00:55.:00:59.

didn't get automatic qualification, she was outside the top ten. She

:01:00.:01:07.

needed to know this last charm. She squeezed them.

:01:08.:01:12.

Third and final attempt was enough. She got into the Olympic final and

:01:13.:01:19.

got herself up there in Championships, but she has kind of

:01:20.:01:24.

done what she usually does. Yes and the most important thing we would

:01:25.:01:28.

agree is she has qualified and she's there and she is there to fight

:01:29.:01:34.

another day. This is the whole thing, the crowd will be there

:01:35.:01:37.

screaming the whole time focusing on the long jump so this is a big

:01:38.:01:41.

occasion for both of them. Indeed come and she is such a performer.

:01:42.:01:48.

The Russian competing outside of her nationality because no Russian

:01:49.:01:53.

competitors are allowed in international athletics so Klishina

:01:54.:01:59.

comes under the exemption rule. Here she is qualifying for the final. The

:02:00.:02:03.

green line is the qualification line. A goal that has gone over

:02:04.:02:11.

seven metres on numerous occasions. She knows she's done enough. She is

:02:12.:02:16.

calm looking but she is a beautiful runner. She could challenge Spanovic

:02:17.:02:28.

for the medals. She will be part of an interesting competition, she will

:02:29.:02:32.

be there, won't she? No doubt about it, that is what you want to see.

:02:33.:02:37.

These women are just doing the qualification, I say just, but now

:02:38.:02:40.

they can really let loose in the final. Those first two jumps will be

:02:41.:02:44.

vital and that will set up the whole competition. But as my speak to Tony

:02:45.:02:49.

in the infield. You are watching on the red button and commentating on

:02:50.:02:53.

the qualifying competition. Tell us about your thoughts of who you think

:02:54.:02:56.

will be pushing the whole competition all the way in the end?

:02:57.:03:03.

It is going to be a fantastic atmosphere with Spanovic, the home

:03:04.:03:06.

crowd will be out and we imagine it will be a pact stadium. Spanovic is

:03:07.:03:11.

the favourite, jumped over seven metres. I think she got a buzz from

:03:12.:03:16.

the crowd and the additional adrenaline you get from playing at

:03:17.:03:21.

home. She has coped with the runway better, it is bouncy out here and a

:03:22.:03:26.

soft service on top of the bounce. It is whether you keep the foot on

:03:27.:03:30.

the floor along enough that you get the absorption and get the bounce

:03:31.:03:34.

back as it worth. If you run quicker and your foot is on and off the

:03:35.:03:38.

floor it is a bit harder and it might affect the quicker runners. If

:03:39.:03:44.

you look at somebody like Lorraine Ugen, not that quick at the board

:03:45.:03:49.

but with the power she generates on the board, it is incredible. She has

:03:50.:03:54.

certainly put herself in with a shot. And then of course the young

:03:55.:03:59.

lady, the ex-Russian, the Russian girl based in America, has thrown

:04:00.:04:05.

the cat amongst the pigeons. Because of that that is where the medals

:04:06.:04:09.

will come from, probably those three. Thank you, Tony. Let's hear

:04:10.:04:14.

from Lorraine Ugen, the British champion who comfortably qualified

:04:15.:04:17.

and looked good this morning. She spoke to fill afterwards. What a

:04:18.:04:21.

performance. One jump, straight through to the

:04:22.:04:25.

final and a season's best, there has got to be thrilling. -- Phil.

:04:26.:04:29.

Definitely come I felt good in the warm up, I felt comfortable and the

:04:30.:04:33.

jump came out comfortably. Are you the kind of athlete who inherently

:04:34.:04:37.

knows how that will happen on any given day? Do you wake up thinking

:04:38.:04:42.

this could be my day? It depends, sometimes I can be unsure in the

:04:43.:04:45.

warm up and go out there and jump something crazy, or other times like

:04:46.:04:49.

today I felt good in the warm up and felt confident, and the first jump

:04:50.:04:53.

was pretty easy for me so I know there is more in the tank. What's it

:04:54.:04:59.

like? What is the environment like? With Spanovic competing and lots of

:05:00.:05:03.

Serbian fans it seems lots of focus was on your event today. Yes, the

:05:04.:05:07.

crowd has been all right. There was nothing... I didn't get a count, I

:05:08.:05:13.

only got one jump I didn't see the crowd reception but tomorrow I will

:05:14.:05:18.

have a better idea of how the crowd will feel. In terms of the runway

:05:19.:05:22.

and everything, you seemed to take to it straightaway. What was it

:05:23.:05:26.

like? It is really nice, I would compare it to the way the runway was

:05:27.:05:30.

at the world indoors, it was bouncy and I felt I could float on it and

:05:31.:05:34.

it is comfy for me. You can draw on what you did last year with the

:05:35.:05:38.

fantastic performance and the medal, for the final here. That is what I'm

:05:39.:05:43.

here for 100%, to grab a medal. I wish you well for the final. Thank

:05:44.:05:50.

you and thank you to our sponsor for keeping us going in the track and

:05:51.:05:55.

field career. Cheers, thank you. No problem.

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It should be said perhaps sometimes because she had her appearance on

:06:01.:06:03.

The Voice and she made an Olympic final and is a great athlete but

:06:04.:06:06.

that kind of profile on a Saturday night means Lorraine maybe doesn't

:06:07.:06:13.

get talked about so much and gets overshadowed and Shara Proctor, she

:06:14.:06:15.

has been jumping in her shadow as well that this could be her stage.

:06:16.:06:20.

It could be and there are so many personalities in track and field.

:06:21.:06:25.

She is just an unassuming a quiet, lovely person who lets her jumping

:06:26.:06:28.

do the talking. She got a stunning bronze last year at the world indoor

:06:29.:06:35.

Championships and knows what she is capable of doing. Season's best

:06:36.:06:37.

here, she has the ability to raise her game on the occasions. She can

:06:38.:06:44.

be inaccurate on the board at times but I know she is confident at the

:06:45.:06:47.

moment, she has been working hard and is ready for this one. Yes, spot

:06:48.:06:56.

on. She is so talented. Sometimes the event is so talented. There is a

:06:57.:07:05.

rich pool of talent. The only thing you can do is keep jumping well and

:07:06.:07:08.

winning those medals, that's the most important thing. Let's hear

:07:09.:07:12.

from her team-mate Jazmin Sawyers who did the qualification by the

:07:13.:07:14.

skin of her teeth. Safely through in the end, you

:07:15.:07:19.

showed what competitive instincts you have two bullet out in the third

:07:20.:07:23.

round like you did. I would love to stop scraping through two finals,

:07:24.:07:28.

honestly. The plan we talked about, try and get one jump, 6.60 plus

:07:29.:07:33.

because I'm in that kind of shape but I wasn't getting it right and my

:07:34.:07:36.

consistency is not there. As much as I'm learning I can jump far I'm

:07:37.:07:40.

still getting my consistency right and I'm not quite there yet in terms

:07:41.:07:45.

of up with these other girls jumping 6.80, 6.90 easily, I am still not

:07:46.:07:50.

there and we need to figure it out. Tell me what went through your mind

:07:51.:07:53.

when you needed to pull the jump out because you were in ninth position

:07:54.:07:57.

at that point. I were standing on the runway telling myself not to go

:07:58.:08:01.

home, you haven't come here to make three jumps. After I got out of the

:08:02.:08:05.

pit I thought you might be getting three jumps. But at the end of the

:08:06.:08:08.

day I've done the job. The point is to get the final and I'm in the

:08:09.:08:12.

final and everything can change tomorrow. We have seen what the four

:08:13.:08:20.

successive years, once you are in a final we know what damage you can

:08:21.:08:24.

do. The hardest thing for me is getting to the final and that has

:08:25.:08:27.

been the case a number of times, I never seem to breeze through to the

:08:28.:08:31.

final, this is always the case. I'd love to change that but I'd still

:08:32.:08:34.

like to be the person who scrapes through to the final and wins

:08:35.:08:38.

medals. It is going to be exciting because Spanovic, who you know well,

:08:39.:08:45.

she does a street event. Yes, in September and it was crazy. Amazing

:08:46.:08:49.

crazy, people here love her and love long jump so people are coming here

:08:50.:08:53.

excited to see her, you should have heard the noise when she was in. I'm

:08:54.:08:58.

excited for tomorrow. Enjoy it. Thank you.

:08:59.:09:02.

I'm pleased she is in the final because she is the kind of athlete

:09:03.:09:05.

who loves all of that, she loves performing, we know that, when the

:09:06.:09:09.

atmosphere is rocking we will see the big jumps come out of her. We

:09:10.:09:13.

will because she is an athlete that seems to thrive on, I don't know if

:09:14.:09:17.

it is pressure that she wants, but being the underdog seems to ignite

:09:18.:09:21.

this fire in her belly that gets her across the line when it really

:09:22.:09:25.

matters. She doesn't like being in that position. She would love to

:09:26.:09:28.

have qualified out right easily. But there is just something that

:09:29.:09:32.

happens, whether it is in qualification for Championships or

:09:33.:09:35.

trying to get into the medals you see the best of her when she is

:09:36.:09:39.

absolutely under pressure. I love the fact that she did a very honest

:09:40.:09:44.

interview with Phil. She said what is frustrating her, she knows she

:09:45.:09:47.

can get those big jumps out, and she knows the others are doing what they

:09:48.:09:51.

are doing and why can't I quite get there? She will get there but the

:09:52.:09:53.

most important thing is getting into the final and she does that most of

:09:54.:10:06.

the time. It doesn't matter how you do it, you get in there and now she

:10:07.:10:09.

leaves herself the opportunity to jump well in the final. She is a

:10:10.:10:11.

pocket rocket, the smallest in the field of the long jump. We saw huge

:10:12.:10:14.

jumps as well, size is not necessarily the absolute on the long

:10:15.:10:17.

jump. Will that limit how far she can jump ultimately in terms of

:10:18.:10:21.

pushing seven metres? Also, different surfaces will suit her.

:10:22.:10:25.

This one is very bouncy and springy on the board, some people would

:10:26.:10:32.

prefer to jump off the board. The way that Jazmin Sawyers jumps is she

:10:33.:10:35.

is explosive of the board which could help her in a circumstance

:10:36.:10:41.

like this. It could be 6.80, 6.90 she can do ultimately. I think

:10:42.:10:44.

mechanics are mechanics, good mechanics can afford you a lot, and

:10:45.:10:48.

she has just changed her coach, well, not just, but she's been

:10:49.:10:53.

working in Birmingham and she has left her long-term coach who guided

:10:54.:10:57.

her to all of those medals. I think now she is learning some new

:10:58.:11:02.

techniques, a new setup and she will find her way but she must be

:11:03.:11:05.

patient. She has certainly got the bit between her teeth in this one so

:11:06.:11:09.

let's hope she can pull out a big one. Another area where Britain is

:11:10.:11:14.

blessed with talent at the moment is the high jump, three men going for

:11:15.:11:17.

qualification earlier today. Let's start with Allan Smith and another

:11:18.:11:22.

one who has a very relaxed approach to his qualification. This is him

:11:23.:11:26.

clearing 2.25 in qualifying for the final tomorrow. That was such a

:11:27.:11:31.

smooth jumper, wasn't it? What we have seen with our team, all of them

:11:32.:11:35.

are believing in their abilities now. They can jump high, they can

:11:36.:11:40.

produce when it matters, and it is good domestic competition. When you

:11:41.:11:46.

have world-class competition it will only drive you on. There is a real

:11:47.:11:53.

sense of responsibility, I can jump that height, I can do it any day of

:11:54.:11:56.

the week and he just managed to do that. This is Chris Kandu going at

:11:57.:12:08.

2.25. It was his third attempt at 2.25. Look at that reaction. I just

:12:09.:12:14.

love it. I was watching some of the high jump competition. They were

:12:15.:12:17.

getting great support from the crowd. It's about embedding yourself

:12:18.:12:21.

in this atmosphere. When you are young and new to all of this, just

:12:22.:12:26.

like Chris, it can be overwhelming. But he tried to use that, got over

:12:27.:12:33.

the bar, job done for him. Excellent work. And then Robbie

:12:34.:12:36.

Grabarz, of course, who has an Olympic medal to his name amongst

:12:37.:12:42.

others, and came fourth in Rio as well. This was his first attempt at

:12:43.:12:48.

2.25. He's been here on many occasions, as we know. Really easy

:12:49.:12:54.

qualifying jump there. Huge relief, looking very happy. The coach-

:12:55.:13:01.

athlete relationship is what we have talked about in previous shows and

:13:02.:13:05.

it's so important. He got the best out of Robbie, he hit a low point

:13:06.:13:08.

after the Olympic bronze medal a few years ago, got him back on track. He

:13:09.:13:13.

has had a bit of a setback with the appendix surgery. Here he is, he

:13:14.:13:18.

knows how to qualify. And then we have Chris Kandu here at 2.28

:13:19.:13:23.

because he just missed out on 2.25 so he had to keep jumping. 2.28.

:13:24.:13:31.

There is the crowd, he has the support, he's getting the emotion

:13:32.:13:34.

for this and the feel for the event and he is full of confidence, going

:13:35.:13:39.

to have a go but not quite got the height this time. Really frustrated

:13:40.:13:44.

with that. But what you learn by it, you know and gaining experience

:13:45.:13:48.

every single time. Of course, he will be disappointed that he

:13:49.:13:51.

slightly missed out on that particular jump but it is all

:13:52.:13:55.

knowledge, it is in the bank. None of these disappointments are things

:13:56.:14:02.

that you marked down as failure, never, ever. This is why it is so

:14:03.:14:04.

important, as Tony highlighted earlier, getting a clean sheet early

:14:05.:14:09.

makes a big difference and he has fallen victim to that. The Italian,

:14:10.:14:21.

2.28, his first attempt, Chesani and we can agree this was an impressive

:14:22.:14:28.

jump. It was. The Italians have produced some great high jumpers

:14:29.:14:34.

recently. They are in great form. One of their jumpers was injured

:14:35.:14:38.

last season but here is another man who knows the jump and the technique

:14:39.:14:43.

and he is in the groove. We keep going on about them learning all the

:14:44.:14:49.

time but the sense of confidence these athletes are gaining from

:14:50.:14:53.

jumping high and in these situations, look at the reaction of

:14:54.:14:57.

the coach, very pleased, he knows he has done very well. We are building

:14:58.:15:04.

up to the men's 60-metre semi-finals. Richard Kilty, the

:15:05.:15:08.

reigning indoor champion is out there at the moment, there he is in

:15:09.:15:12.

lane four, that's the first time we have seen the athletes on the track

:15:13.:15:15.

this evening and we hope for Richard's sake he can get up there

:15:16.:15:19.

and be a Euro star once again because Great Britain has great

:15:20.:15:20.

heritage in the indoors. Linford Christie getting ready for

:15:21.:15:37.

the final of the fastest qualifier. The start is so important. Linford

:15:38.:15:44.

Christie's weakest spot. If he gets a good one he could win. Away

:15:45.:15:50.

first-time and Christie away badly. Christie is storming through and

:15:51.:15:54.

Christie takes the gold. And he takes it from a standing start. The

:15:55.:16:01.

final of the European 60 metres indoor Championships. Christie got

:16:02.:16:06.

away reasonably well. Christie comes storming through. Christie wins and

:16:07.:16:10.

he takes the European title. Richard Kilty, we heard him talking

:16:11.:16:25.

earlier about his intent to retrain his crown and he may have to fend

:16:26.:16:31.

off the other Brits. They were the strongest runners today, three of

:16:32.:16:35.

the top four times when two British athletes. You would expect all three

:16:36.:16:41.

to qualify for the final? Let that the false start out of our mind.

:16:42.:16:47.

Richard is in there. The more favourable of the semis and who

:16:48.:16:52.

should get through comparably with fourth fastest winners getting

:16:53.:16:56.

through to the final. He's in a good position. What I like about Richard

:16:57.:17:03.

is his focus. Keeping that in check, we saw him handling his blocks

:17:04.:17:07.

making sure they are in place. How hard is it, you race to get in the

:17:08.:17:12.

final and you can't think of conserving anything back from final

:17:13.:17:17.

later, you have to secure your qualification? You have to security

:17:18.:17:21.

but he would look down the list and would say I'm the man in this. The

:17:22.:17:28.

confidence that is is out, especially for sprinters, you have

:17:29.:17:32.

to believe and be strong and he will come out like a rocket. He knows

:17:33.:17:37.

this is his favourite event, he is strong over 60, he is compact and

:17:38.:17:41.

solid, his technique is good and he knows the start is crucial. He has

:17:42.:17:52.

been in this situation so many times Richard Kilty, world indoor champion

:17:53.:17:57.

of course, defending European indoor champion and should he get through,

:17:58.:18:03.

we expect him to get through to the final, it will take place just

:18:04.:18:07.

before 8pm this evening. Was this one of your golds in your

:18:08.:18:15.

predictions? Of course and I am very confident. I walked to the team

:18:16.:18:21.

hotel and I bumped into Richard getting on the bus, ferry relaxed I

:18:22.:18:29.

would say. I think the point from Denise was right, it is definitely

:18:30.:18:33.

the easier of the two semis and he knows his main threat is from other

:18:34.:18:40.

British athletes. He will want to finish this to send a sign to

:18:41.:18:46.

everyone, the final a bit later on this evening. Three minutes to eight

:18:47.:18:57.

UK time. Kielty in the middle. Some others to look out for is Rantala in

:18:58.:19:18.

claim one. Bah from Sweden, former Gambian athletes, Sweden are

:19:19.:19:29.

starting to get an athletics team again, Mancini was in the heat where

:19:30.:19:41.

the Danish guy pulled up and came through and then Richard Kilty the

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defending champion, former world champion let's not forget that.

:19:46.:19:58.

Ready to go. He looks confidence. He looks very self assured, Veleba from

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the Czech Republic. He is in five and then next to him and improving

:20:08.:20:14.

young athlete Hamilton. From Sweden, not a very Swedish name, originally

:20:15.:20:17.

from Jamaica but moved to Sweden when he was nine and at 19 years of

:20:18.:20:25.

age, a new personal best this morning. Improving all the time.

:20:26.:20:30.

Menga of Germany. Running well this year. 6.6 six. And then Suprun from

:20:31.:20:50.

Ukraine. With all honesty, unless Richard Kilty has a false start or

:20:51.:20:54.

trips up there should be a fairly straightforward qualification for

:20:55.:20:57.

him? Neither of those will happen will they? Why are you looking at me

:20:58.:21:09.

as if I shouldn't have said that? So Richard that gets through comparably

:21:10.:21:15.

and then focus on the final later on. He doesn't even really need to

:21:16.:21:23.

make a good start the he wants to keep the run going and needs to make

:21:24.:21:30.

sure he has a good centre lane. The first semifinal of the men 60

:21:31.:21:37.

metres. Richard Kilty is into his run, he will win this one at ease.

:21:38.:21:46.

6.59, very impressive, didn't need to make the blistering start and was

:21:47.:21:49.

safe out of the blocks but how impressive was he once got moving.

:21:50.:21:55.

Really good. I think from everything he said he needed to do, he

:21:56.:22:00.

delivered. He is full of swagger and confidence and good form I think we

:22:01.:22:04.

can say now. That was much quicker than this morning, still playing it

:22:05.:22:14.

safe out of the blocks, 658. A strong performance from Richard,

:22:15.:22:18.

remember he is very much at home indoors. Really executes every part

:22:19.:22:22.

of the 60-metre race very well when he's in good form and shape.

:22:23.:22:27.

Shutdown were ten metres to go so you know he's very close to the 6.50

:22:28.:22:36.

mark. Didn't stress, didn't strain, very confident in what he's doing.

:22:37.:22:44.

Gets back on the soldiers of Mancini, no stress and very good

:22:45.:22:52.

indeed. A man in good form, in good shape, glances across to the clerk

:22:53.:22:59.

as he always does. -- clock. Bank, out he goes. He works hard for this

:23:00.:23:05.

first 10-15 metres so he can get into the nice bouncing rhythm that

:23:06.:23:10.

is going to be important to haul himself through. Leaving himself

:23:11.:23:14.

nice and relaxed, no stress or strain Andy Goode qualifier. The

:23:15.:23:21.

fast starting Mancini got through with Austin Hamilton and Bah going

:23:22.:23:30.

through. He's in good shape and a good place and now he can

:23:31.:23:39.

concentrate on the final. Confirmation. There are the other

:23:40.:23:47.

three going three, no fastest loser, just the top four and the next semi

:23:48.:23:48.

will be in a few minutes. Coming up of course in the next semi

:23:49.:24:07.

final, Andrew Robertson and Theo Etienne. Andrew Robertson, British

:24:08.:24:13.

champion and 20 years old, five foot four and this is big experience for

:24:14.:24:19.

him going in lane six. A big championship experience. He

:24:20.:24:22.

navigated well earlier through the heat and hats and swagger about him

:24:23.:24:27.

didn't see? He had swagger, he had confidence and he rightly should be.

:24:28.:24:33.

He ran well, kept all of his expectations in check and he knows

:24:34.:24:40.

what he has to do. Robertson a former rugby player, turned his

:24:41.:24:44.

attention to sprinting and has raced alongside Richard Kilty his whole

:24:45.:24:48.

life, all in the north of England sprinting circuit, races for sale

:24:49.:24:58.

and he is a great competitor and was talking about is not just the rest

:24:59.:25:01.

of the field but loving the idea there would be this British

:25:02.:25:07.

head-to-head. British champion, I think Robertson gives us a bit of

:25:08.:25:13.

spice. The head-to-head is what the sport thrives on and I'm sure it's

:25:14.:25:16.

friendly rivalry, they have known each other for a long time that this

:25:17.:25:21.

is serious to go full, medals are on the line here. Let's get to the

:25:22.:25:28.

commentary team. This looks to be more taxing taxing semifinal

:25:29.:25:32.

although Robertson and are quick enough to go through here. There is

:25:33.:25:45.

the line-up. The experienced Italian and Lopez from Portugal, moved in

:25:46.:25:57.

2013. The 19-year-old from Romania ran 6.69 taking the title in

:25:58.:26:01.

Bucharest a few weeks ago. Alongside him it is the UK champion, always

:26:02.:26:08.

played it safe, sat in the box this morning and might not be up to get

:26:09.:26:14.

away with that. He will definitely to get out sharper. Tumi and other

:26:15.:26:22.

indoor experts, short and powerful and has finished third and fourth

:26:23.:26:30.

last season. Not so quick this season. Another youngster in the

:26:31.:26:36.

season, Volko who finished second to Richard Kilty in the first heat. And

:26:37.:26:42.

then we move to Etienne who seems to be taking it all in his stride this

:26:43.:26:54.

morning. Very composed. Job done and moved on. Sweden could have three

:26:55.:27:02.

men in the final, Rose has been Swedish champion before but not this

:27:03.:27:10.

year. And Rene the slender hopes of France, fico not running at all.

:27:11.:27:22.

So straightforward first four to the final and the final in about an hour

:27:23.:27:36.

and 15 minutes time. Richard Kilty winning 6.58. Robertson said he cost

:27:37.:27:40.

himself a good deal of time with the start in the heats and Theo Etienne,

:27:41.:27:46.

both winners of the heat as was Richard Kilty. So...

:27:47.:28:12.

Robertson and side-by-side almost. Etienne takes it and perhaps Volko

:28:13.:28:22.

gets in. Etienne impressed most of all in the latter stages of that

:28:23.:28:28.

race. Robertson was out of their least sharply but Volko came through

:28:29.:28:33.

well, the youngster, that was most impressive so there will be three

:28:34.:28:38.

Brits in the final, we will look to see whether Swede was, it should be

:28:39.:28:42.

an interesting final to say the least. Volko 6.59 to take it. Strong

:28:43.:28:49.

performance from the young man. He is here and he means business. The

:28:50.:28:57.

winning time of 6.59, he announced himself very well here. Worked hard

:28:58.:29:02.

out of the blocks, drove all the way, good driving faith. You don't

:29:03.:29:08.

worry about coming up into that upright sprinting and running, you

:29:09.:29:15.

can drive for at least 40 metres and limit the time to get into full

:29:16.:29:18.

running mode and this menace doing that well indeed. Watching Andrew as

:29:19.:29:24.

well, on the right of the screen, didn't react as well as he knows he

:29:25.:29:29.

can. Managed to get himself through to the final, another good

:29:30.:29:37.

performance 6.63. It is another semifinal and he is coming in fresh

:29:38.:29:41.

for the final now, he has a race under his belt and I'm really

:29:42.:29:48.

excited. I'm still happy. Three Swedes have gone through because

:29:49.:29:52.

Rose made it through as well. Robertson easing over the line a

:29:53.:29:58.

little bit. Outrun thereby Etienne and Volko getting second-place.

:29:59.:30:05.

Three Brits in the final and they have qualified and qualified well.

:30:06.:30:09.

There is still a chance of a British one, two, three in the final.

:30:10.:30:12.

Robertson will have two really go for it, I know it is risky with the

:30:13.:30:17.

starts but he will be there to compete and there are the

:30:18.:30:23.

qualifiers. Volko getting amongst the British athletes. Three Britons,

:30:24.:30:33.

three Swedes, a Swiss athlete and Volko from Slovakia. And that is

:30:34.:30:39.

just before 9pm local time so a to B M UK. -- 8pm. Just over two hours

:30:40.:30:48.

for those guys to get themselves off to the cooler room, I'm not sure

:30:49.:30:52.

what the situation is underneath is, we have not been allowed and the

:30:53.:30:55.

stadium but there will be some warm up area and they will put some piece

:30:56.:30:59.

of clothing over the head, lie down and try to chill out for a while? It

:31:00.:31:04.

is so key. In such a short space of time all of them have to get their

:31:05.:31:09.

head down and make sure that they are just visualising one or two

:31:10.:31:13.

points that make a difference. We spoke about the start from Robertson

:31:14.:31:19.

and it needs to improve. His reaction time was 1.8, obviously

:31:20.:31:24.

slowest in his race. .1504 Richard Kilty.

:31:25.:31:29.

Cautious, shall we say? Cautious but they just have to go for it now,

:31:30.:31:37.

trust that all of the problems with the start are behind us and they are

:31:38.:31:41.

in the mix and they are so close now, it's just keeping that mind

:31:42.:31:44.

focused and not allowing it to wander and thinking about those

:31:45.:31:48.

medals before they have run. Colin Jackson predicted one, two, three

:31:49.:31:52.

for Great Britain, we will nail down the order in a moment. The women's

:31:53.:31:57.

triple jump is going on. The geography of this place is

:31:58.:32:00.

fascinating because it is alongside the women's pole vault that's going

:32:01.:32:05.

on at the moment. It is brilliant to see them side-by-side in that

:32:06.:32:10.

competition. Steve Backley. It is tight out there. Triple jump

:32:11.:32:17.

on the far side. The Britons still holds the championship record in

:32:18.:32:22.

that event. Here is a look at Kristin Gierisch, the world indoor

:32:23.:32:25.

silver-medallist, the German athlete in the second round. The lead at

:32:26.:32:40.

this stage, the Portuguese, 14.24, Patricia Mamona, the German chasing

:32:41.:32:46.

that Mark produced a few centimetres beyond that lead. So, Gierisch

:32:47.:32:55.

produced a season's best here in qualification, second-best overall

:32:56.:33:00.

in qualification, Gierisch. That was 14.3 thousand for another season is

:33:01.:33:08.

best to take the lead. In the second round. You could throw a hat over

:33:09.:33:13.

the top five athletes, just ten centimetres separates them on paper

:33:14.:33:18.

prior to the competition. Gierisch, the lead, with 14.37. This is

:33:19.:33:24.

Patricia Mamona of Portugal, European silver-medallist, sixth in

:33:25.:33:31.

Rio last year. This is round three, looking to wrestle her lead back. As

:33:32.:33:36.

I said she was leading at the end of the first round.

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14.25, season's best she did in the opening jump. In this round, slight

:33:45.:33:57.

improvement, 14.29, still shy of Gierisch. Just went up on that hop,

:33:58.:34:00.

come down hard. And so Papahristou of Greece, world

:34:01.:34:19.

indoor medallist from Portland a year ago. Good extension. One, two,

:34:20.:34:31.

three, really close there. This is also a third-round effort. So this

:34:32.:34:49.

is Papahristou, 14.24, just shy of Mamona and 15 centimetres back of

:34:50.:34:53.

the lead of Gierisch, very close indeed when it comes down to those

:34:54.:34:56.

centimetres. Season's best, very consistent, that might tee her up

:34:57.:35:01.

for something good later in the competition. Jagaciak Michalska, of

:35:02.:35:12.

Poland, her fourth round jump, look at that, bang on those three lines

:35:13.:35:16.

that denote the one, two, three position. Jagaciak Michalska, 27

:35:17.:35:31.

years of age, finalist last year. That was 14.14 metres, enough for

:35:32.:35:39.

fourth place, very competitive triple jump final indeed.

:35:40.:35:44.

Next up on the track in about 40 minutes is the women's and men's 800

:35:45.:35:52.

metres semifinals in just under an hour's time Laura Muir has her first

:35:53.:35:57.

assault on gold in the 1500 metres. Earlier today Paula was out for her

:35:58.:36:01.

run as she always is but this time we sent a camera with her and she

:36:02.:36:05.

told us exactly what Laura must do to win her first major gold.

:36:06.:36:18.

Laura could remember the city of Belgrade for the rest of her career,

:36:19.:36:24.

the place where she earned that elusive first senior medal, and it

:36:25.:36:29.

all starts with the 1500 metres. It's going to be tight on the line

:36:30.:36:33.

but Laura Muir makes sure. Laura has looked amazing all year

:36:34.:36:39.

and really strong in qualifying. The first thing she needs to do is think

:36:40.:36:43.

only about the 1500 metres, stay in the present.

:36:44.:36:51.

Little dumb middle-distance races indoors can be particularly

:36:52.:36:56.

physical. The second thing Laura needs to do is stay out of trouble

:36:57.:37:03.

-- middle-distance races. Finally, Laura is in excellent position.

:37:04.:37:07.

She's stronger and quicker than the others and she knows what to do. She

:37:08.:37:12.

just needs to stick to the plan and not get complacent. We all know that

:37:13.:37:16.

it all comes down to what happens on the day. But I firmly believe

:37:17.:37:20.

Laura's in excellent shape and perfectly poised to be our star in

:37:21.:37:22.

Belgrade. And then she carried on for about

:37:23.:37:31.

another 14 miles or so. I had a lie in. We shouldn't underestimate how

:37:32.:37:38.

big a platform this could be to launch Laura into the global metals.

:37:39.:37:43.

She was very close in Rio, wasn't she? Not just an outside bet for a

:37:44.:37:47.

medal but the race went another way, perhaps if it had gone a different

:37:48.:37:50.

way that date she would have been up there and she has been knocking on

:37:51.:37:54.

the door for a while, last year she was breaking medals and this could

:37:55.:37:57.

be a huge year in her career. It's important for her to produce at the

:37:58.:38:04.

highest level here. We know she can run very fast, she knows she can run

:38:05.:38:07.

very fast so the most important thing for her is to win these titles

:38:08.:38:11.

now. It is a big challenge and she is more than capable. Laura said you

:38:12.:38:14.

have to do one race at a time. We had an eye on some other talent, the

:38:15.:38:21.

Nielsen twins who did so well in the British Championships.

:38:22.:38:26.

Nielsen chasing Amy Doyle, digging into the line, and it is the

:38:27.:38:31.

Nielsens behind her on the podium. I went into the trials wanting to be

:38:32.:38:40.

top two, Lina didn't have it. I wasn't expecting to compete at the

:38:41.:38:43.

trials two weeks before and I had a disappointing race. I decided to do

:38:44.:38:49.

the trials and thought I should aim for the Europeans. Would you be on

:38:50.:38:56.

the team in the relay together? The relay would be amazing. We won medal

:38:57.:39:04.

last time. That was in the juniors? Yes, it's great to have the team

:39:05.:39:07.

atmosphere in the relay but have a member of your family is beyond

:39:08.:39:11.

incredible. What about sharing the same event? You couldn't be better

:39:12.:39:14.

friends, twin sisters, but you are friendly rivals. She was elbowing me

:39:15.:39:20.

around the first bend and I was thinking, what is going on? When we

:39:21.:39:25.

go into a race and I see her in my vision I don't think of her as my

:39:26.:39:28.

twin sister anymore. When we go into the race is on we are just different

:39:29.:39:32.

competitors. On the date she is not my twin sister anymore. As soon as

:39:33.:39:39.

the races over she's like what did you do, where did you come? What

:39:40.:39:44.

about away from the track? Do you have the famous twin telepathy

:39:45.:39:47.

thing, or are you not on the same wavelength at all? We have one thing

:39:48.:39:50.

that we find it strange which is that we share each other's memories

:39:51.:39:55.

which sounds strange. I will have a story and I think it is me who has

:39:56.:39:58.

been in that position and I said, do you remember the time I was in this

:39:59.:40:04.

position and she says it was me. We do share each other's memories but

:40:05.:40:10.

that is the only thing. I carried Jessica Ennis's it in the 200 metres

:40:11.:40:14.

heptathlon and I remember coming out and the crowd going wild before she

:40:15.:40:18.

had even run and I remember seeing her face and she was so focused and

:40:19.:40:22.

I remember thinking how is she doing this? She has been an inspiration

:40:23.:40:26.

ever since and I would love to be on the same stage. I carried a kit for

:40:27.:40:33.

the same race but carried it for the lane outside Jessica Ennis but we

:40:34.:40:36.

came away from that race saying that could be us if we put our minds to

:40:37.:40:42.

it and train for it. It's been five years now but I don't think we can

:40:43.:40:46.

quite imagine what the crowd would be like. I know it will be amazing,

:40:47.:40:51.

the British crowd is incredible. We would love to be on that track and

:40:52.:40:54.

running on the track would be a dream come true.

:40:55.:40:57.

Sadly that was done before you came out here and sadly, Lina, you had to

:40:58.:41:03.

pull out the night before the championships started. We can see

:41:04.:41:08.

that you have a brace on your foot. Tell us about why you had to pull

:41:09.:41:12.

out. On the way here at the airport walking through was quite painful so

:41:13.:41:17.

when we arrived I went to see the physios and they did an ultrasound

:41:18.:41:21.

and suspected there was a stress fracture but we couldn't confirm

:41:22.:41:24.

that until we have the MRI in the morning and it turned out to be a

:41:25.:41:28.

great two stress response, so the grade just before a fracture and the

:41:29.:41:32.

doctors and physio said it was too much stress. They made the decision

:41:33.:41:38.

to pull me out. How long will you be out for? I am in the boot for about

:41:39.:41:43.

two weeks and doing conditioning and rehab and then should be running.

:41:44.:41:47.

They have caught it early so I'm thankful. It was the right thing to

:41:48.:41:51.

do but you will be desperately disappointed you couldn't be here

:41:52.:41:53.

performing on the stage with your twin sister who in an hour's time...

:41:54.:41:59.

I'm already nervous for her. You share memories, you will share some

:42:00.:42:03.

incredible memories of these few days if things go well for her. What

:42:04.:42:07.

is a mindset like and how is she feeling? A mindset is to die on the

:42:08.:42:12.

line, she has said it so many times, I spoke to my coach and she said she

:42:13.:42:15.

will not treat it as anything other than another 400 and put her biggest

:42:16.:42:21.

effort in and go for another medal. She has to go out hard, you don't

:42:22.:42:25.

want to see her being jostled, especially the way it is indoors.

:42:26.:42:30.

The way she has run, in the UK trials and in Birmingham, she's

:42:31.:42:35.

gutsy and determined. She has just gone for it here and said I know I

:42:36.:42:39.

need to take these races by the horns and be in control. And when to

:42:40.:42:44.

react. I think she will run the same way and I would be surprised if she

:42:45.:42:48.

doesn't because it is so important to establish herself in the race

:42:49.:42:54.

early on. She is in lane three so it will be difficult and she is going

:42:55.:42:57.

out hard. Has she articulated the colour of a medal or the aim of a

:42:58.:43:01.

medal? I only saw her at breakfast and lunch, I left her alone to deal

:43:02.:43:06.

with her emotions and focus on her race, she hasn't got a colour in

:43:07.:43:10.

mind, just wants a top three spot. She is going for a medal? She's

:43:11.:43:15.

definitely going for a medal, yes. The two of you have been a great

:43:16.:43:20.

freshener, great to see young talent coming through, especially two twin

:43:21.:43:24.

sisters competing in the same event. Your poor parents, could one of you

:43:25.:43:28.

have done something a bit different? That is double the heartache for

:43:29.:43:32.

them. It must have been desperately disappointing for them when you had

:43:33.:43:36.

to pull out. My mum called me and said don't worry, you will be back.

:43:37.:43:41.

Just keep your head up and she has been supportive. For you, the

:43:42.:43:45.

addition of the hurdles in the summer, is that right? Yes, I've

:43:46.:43:48.

been training over hurdles which may have been the main problem with this

:43:49.:43:55.

foot injury. I was going to ask you because I know it is the hurdles.

:43:56.:44:01.

Where you completely unaware before the championships? Yes, couple of

:44:02.:44:06.

weeks ago it felt like a small bruise on the side of my leg and I

:44:07.:44:09.

thought I had my leg on the table. I was just walking through the

:44:10.:44:18.

airport. Such a surprise. It is a wise decision everybody is making.

:44:19.:44:23.

You have to look at your career in the long-term. Not just now. You

:44:24.:44:28.

want to be out there and competing. If you look at somebody like

:44:29.:44:32.

Andreozzi what he has done and how he turned career around, that must

:44:33.:44:41.

be an inspiration. Yes, he came out to me afterwards and gave me advice

:44:42.:44:46.

and that was really nice and he is an athlete I look up to, definitely.

:44:47.:44:52.

What else have you taken from this experience, Lina? Being around a

:44:53.:44:56.

team at a major championship is invaluable. I learned a lot, I

:44:57.:45:00.

didn't expect it to be such an official event. It is very well

:45:01.:45:04.

structured and formal, so I've learned lot a and I know what to

:45:05.:45:10.

expect the next time. It is a big year, for British athletes to have a

:45:11.:45:13.

home championships in the Olympic Stadium where we saw you carrying

:45:14.:45:18.

baskets in 2012. Was there a lot of thought about where the hair was

:45:19.:45:21.

going to go that day? We were told we had to wear the cap and so my

:45:22.:45:27.

sister wore her hair with the ponytail on the side. How old were

:45:28.:45:35.

you? 16. It is good those kind of mistakes get fully documented these

:45:36.:45:41.

days. Yes! You will treasure those memories for ever and now you are

:45:42.:45:43.

doing incredible things on the track and we hope to see you back in the

:45:44.:45:48.

summer. Do you have a target date for competition? Mid-May, late

:45:49.:45:53.

April. We will have to postpone that until late or mid-May but we will

:45:54.:46:04.

see. Keep calm. Thank you for coming to see us and I am sure we will

:46:05.:46:08.

speak to you many more times in the months and years ahead. Back out to

:46:09.:46:11.

be 800-metre men and women taking to the track. The women's semifinals

:46:12.:46:16.

first and Steve Cram is at the microphone.

:46:17.:46:20.

Two semifinals. The second might be slightly tougher but I am sure that

:46:21.:46:35.

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke will find her way through. Staying with the Dutch

:46:36.:46:43.

team, coached by one of the Dutch coaches. I have forgotten his

:46:44.:46:48.

name... But, she is making good pace and has

:46:49.:47:09.

been a prodigious talent, goodness me Hinriksdottir is only 21 but

:47:10.:47:13.

broken all sorts of records, most recently broke an Icelandic record

:47:14.:47:19.

and she will be a threat in the final. So she is in blame for and

:47:20.:47:31.

against the, a field which she would look at and would be happy to be in

:47:32.:47:33.

the semifinal. Verstegen was in the race that Laura

:47:34.:48:00.

Meer broke the record in Birmingham but she got a Dutch record of over

:48:01.:48:04.

1000 metres and talking about a thousand metres, the rare road a

:48:05.:48:12.

week after tried to break the record in Spain, ran slower but is she was

:48:13.:48:20.

in that race and ran an impressive 2.15 en route to her thousand metre

:48:21.:48:25.

time so could be a threat here. Has an strength as well and you need

:48:26.:48:33.

that. The top three to go through. Another busy night in the infield

:48:34.:48:37.

and they are tidying up around the track and you can see the

:48:38.:48:42.

photographers here and everybody being asked to keep well away from

:48:43.:48:47.

the inside, just checking positions and they'll all watching the pole

:48:48.:48:56.

vault and triple jump. It is crowded down here. The men's 800 semis

:48:57.:49:08.

coming up after this, Kyle Lankford going in the first of one of those.

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And as I said Shelayna Oskan-Clarke in the second of the semifinals. I

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can translate that. They starts were coming up, we were talking about

:49:27.:49:38.

that race, an incredible run. Seems so long ago. Verstegen on the

:49:39.:49:42.

outside, 31 years of age but a new personal best this year. No real

:49:43.:49:49.

favourite I would say in the women's 800, a wide open race, Guerrero will

:49:50.:49:57.

have confidence from the performance, Verstegen looks a

:49:58.:50:01.

little bored, she has folding her arms and they are her trademark, she

:50:02.:50:07.

is improving and the one thing she is doing is developing more pace and

:50:08.:50:17.

acceleration, Tkachuk from Ukraine 2.157 eight PB set in France earlier

:50:18.:50:27.

this season. From Luxembourg Mathias and won the French indoor

:50:28.:50:32.

Championships and then Troest who made the semifinal of this event two

:50:33.:50:35.

years ago and will be looking to go one better here. Hinriksdottir was

:50:36.:50:42.

down with our British contingent and we were watching her doing drills

:50:43.:50:47.

and speed work, really working on her stride try to shorten her stride

:50:48.:50:53.

to develop the acceleration. She does have a long low bestride if you

:50:54.:50:57.

like but I think she is working on that a lot and is beginning to get

:50:58.:51:06.

results all ready. The first of two semifinals. Verstegen spent all of

:51:07.:51:14.

her early career front running but she doesn't always do that now --

:51:15.:51:19.

Hinriksdottir. You can see she has gone off hard but will let some us

:51:20.:51:23.

maybe do the work. She knows she has a bit more pace and doesn't have to

:51:24.:51:29.

go and take it out hard. I wonder if that is the influence of her coach.

:51:30.:51:33.

She is well-known to sit at the back of the field and at the race unfold

:51:34.:51:38.

that you can see on Hinriksdottir's face it is hard for her to do this.

:51:39.:51:42.

She is naturally more relaxed at the front and is comfortable in this

:51:43.:51:47.

race today. Doesn't see a huge threat in making the top three and

:51:48.:51:53.

wants to run back to her old ways. It's partly because of the arm carry

:51:54.:51:58.

and the legs. To meet she moves better now, she has been working on

:51:59.:52:05.

her all-round strength and Guerrero in her shoulder and Verstegen on the

:52:06.:52:15.

inside. This is not fast but not slow and all of a sudden putting a

:52:16.:52:19.

bit of pressure on. This is what she did yesterday in the heats. She ran

:52:20.:52:24.

a fast 200 there but was able to mix the pace. So much stronger now than

:52:25.:52:29.

in the past and instead of being at the front of the race, looking as

:52:30.:52:32.

though she is desperately running away from them. Just a bit of

:52:33.:52:39.

acceleration as Guerrero comes to her shoulders. Three to go through.

:52:40.:52:45.

Verstegen holding the inside and are starting to turn it on a little bit,

:52:46.:52:49.

the Spaniard staying on her shoulder. Hinriksdottir has to use

:52:50.:52:56.

an strength. There is no fastest loser spot. Hinriksdottir is where

:52:57.:53:04.

she is from the beginning, Guerrero has a look behind and realises

:53:05.:53:08.

danger. Hinriksdottir find some extra that she has to keep running

:53:09.:53:17.

to the line. Verstegen run out in the end and Guerrero was working

:53:18.:53:24.

hard. Hinriksdottir ran out of steam at the end. Guerrero full of smiles.

:53:25.:53:34.

That's hard work. They all made that look hard work, a decent pace. Maybe

:53:35.:53:44.

Hinriksdottir's search was a bit too much. Certainly at the semifinal

:53:45.:53:50.

stage because she pushed under was starting to tie up significantly in

:53:51.:53:54.

the last 50 metres, you can see the expression and how Guerrero is

:53:55.:54:00.

fighting and the battle with Verstegen losing out and she will be

:54:01.:54:06.

disappointed having run a Dutch record earlier this season. Well

:54:07.:54:16.

Troest has done better than this time last year. Hinriksdottir after

:54:17.:54:25.

giving a lot of positive thoughts just fading at the end but the three

:54:26.:54:34.

are through with confirmation. Guerrero the winner, Hinriksdottir

:54:35.:54:36.

second and Troest joins them in the final. While we are in the final

:54:37.:54:51.

round of this triple jump. It's Shire. That would be success it

:54:52.:55:08.

seems. That hands the European title to Gierisch. She will have a jump

:55:09.:55:16.

anyway. She ready has a European lead. Just drifted in to that. I

:55:17.:55:26.

think the celebrations had already begun and finally it has hit her.

:55:27.:55:36.

Gold for Gierisch, silver in the indoor World Championships last

:55:37.:55:45.

year. Only a few centimetres separating the top three. Look at

:55:46.:55:51.

all the files. -- fouls. Gold to Germany. Well I guess when you have

:55:52.:56:01.

had a silver medal, that has been her major achievement, 11th and

:56:02.:56:06.

Olympics last year, golden Europe, clearly means so much. And here are

:56:07.:56:19.

the final standings. A leading performance for Gierisch and what is

:56:20.:56:23.

it, 13 centimetres separating the top three. Coming up next on the

:56:24.:56:30.

track is the second semi of the women's 800 metres. Shelayna

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Oskan-Clarke for Great Britain. She made the final in Beijing and was a

:56:40.:56:43.

semifinalist in Rio and what do you think are the challenges for indoors

:56:44.:56:55.

800, we saw in the last race with it having more bands and laps, what are

:56:56.:57:02.

the challenges faced? What we have seen so far in all of the races is

:57:03.:57:13.

that if you get caught out then it is difficult to overtake on the band

:57:14.:57:16.

and get on the inside lane which is where the athletes like to be, you

:57:17.:57:22.

run less distance, we know Shelayna Oskan-Clarke will hit the front

:57:23.:57:25.

because that is what we have seen from her before and she has to hold

:57:26.:57:30.

on, she knows what she has to do. Her strength is her self belief. She

:57:31.:57:35.

is a gutsy runner and is going to have to prove this here. Let's go to

:57:36.:57:44.

the commentators. Perhaps not the easiest semifinal for Shelayna

:57:45.:57:48.

Oskan-Clarke. The first semi was won by the Spaniard inside 2.03, but

:57:49.:57:56.

good competition here for Shelayna Oskan-Clarke. Good lane drop for

:57:57.:58:15.

Oskan-Clarke in lane five. The Slovakian champion Stukova. On the

:58:16.:58:25.

outside Velvere normally a hurdler but don't discount her.

:58:26.:58:32.

Oskan-Clarke, not a quick race but judged well, did what was required

:58:33.:58:37.

and has a habit as you are mentioning in the studio of

:58:38.:58:45.

delivering in the Championships. The defending champion from Switzerland

:58:46.:58:50.

Buchel, perhaps the favourite but a very open event this. Has gone close

:58:51.:58:55.

to going below two minutes indoors this season which is very fast. The

:58:56.:59:05.

European bronze-medallist in Amsterdam last summer, finished

:59:06.:59:08.

ahead of Oskan-Clarke in the Birmingham meeting a fortnight ago.

:59:09.:59:18.

And Clarice Moh a new indoor personal best this season. And the

:59:19.:59:29.

Slovakian athlete on the inside Stukova. Champion at two, four and

:59:30.:59:38.

800 metres a good range. And again a reminder when you are running 800

:59:39.:59:43.

indoors just watch for the competition at the break and

:59:44.:59:49.

healthiest it gets on this type track but Oskan-Clarke has a habit

:59:50.:59:54.

as we have said of delivering when the stakes are higher and producing

:59:55.:00:00.

her best performances, this is the second semifinal. Three go to for

:00:01.:00:11.

the final. Lindh, Buchel. It is a strong fast start from Oskan-Clarke.

:00:12.:00:17.

Oskan-Clarke tucking in behind. Trying to ease her way through on

:00:18.:00:20.

the inside but settles for second place. She put her arm up to say if

:00:21.:00:26.

you're going to go to the friend you have to put your arms up and do it,

:00:27.:00:31.

you can't cut in on me like that. She works her way around back in

:00:32.:00:36.

front and out of trouble and for me Oskan-Clarke has a tough feat today.

:00:37.:00:40.

She needs to run it as if it is a final. She does not need to think

:00:41.:00:44.

about the final, just races harder she can. In sometimes it is a

:00:45.:00:55.

straight three through to the final, Lindh moving around on the outside

:00:56.:01:01.

as well. Losing a bit of touch with the first five at the moment.

:01:02.:01:12.

Slowed through the first 400 metres which opens up the race, two girls

:01:13.:01:18.

who wouldn't be there if the race was faster, somebody like Moh, even

:01:19.:01:30.

Valverde, not accustomed to racing like this. -- Velvere. Lindh is

:01:31.:01:47.

digging in. She might be a danger. Up on the shoulder of Oskan-Clarke

:01:48.:01:51.

and Buchel moving up alongside Velvere who might have spent all of

:01:52.:01:56.

her energy with the boost up inside Oskan-Clarke. Lindh is there is --

:01:57.:02:07.

as well. Lindh has a good race. Good win by Shelayna Oskan-Clarke through

:02:08.:02:10.

to the final as a winner. Velvere paid the price force of three go

:02:11.:02:15.

through and at the head of them Shelayna Oskan-Clarke with a very

:02:16.:02:19.

good race. Very good and she has been spiked, I think she is checking

:02:20.:02:24.

her leg. She was caught a couple of times by Velvere and hopefully she

:02:25.:02:32.

can get their looked at and get into a cool down and get ready for the

:02:33.:02:36.

final where she deserves to be. She judged her race really well, she

:02:37.:02:41.

controlled it, we were worried over the first 400 metres. She was a bit

:02:42.:02:49.

slow. She held off her opponents and Lindh might have still been there.

:02:50.:02:58.

Luckily at this stage Velvere was tiring. She was not looking around,

:02:59.:03:01.

just making sure she guaranteed her place. There we are, Velvere.

:03:02.:03:07.

Oskan-Clarke drifted a bit and thought she could get through, this

:03:08.:03:10.

is where the spiking might have happened. Maybe she might also have

:03:11.:03:17.

caught Buchel's spiked unintentionally because she was

:03:18.:03:22.

shoved aside by Velvere. No actual huge shove and nothing that would

:03:23.:03:25.

warrant any kind of disqualification and that would have been to Velvere

:03:26.:03:31.

for pushing her way through on the inside. If you see a gap you are

:03:32.:03:35.

entitled to take it as long as you don't impede the others. Good last

:03:36.:03:40.

lap from Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, she goes through as the winner. Shelayna

:03:41.:03:47.

Oskan-Clarke, Buchel and Lindh, the three that joined the others from

:03:48.:03:50.

the other heat moving through to the final tomorrow. She is now talking

:03:51.:03:59.

to us. After a performance like that, understandably a bit

:04:00.:04:02.

breathless but thank you for talking to us after the race, Shelayna.

:04:03.:04:07.

Even when you were jostled you regained control. I thought that

:04:08.:04:10.

would happen because the girls were a bit closer time wise so I thought

:04:11.:04:15.

they would be more competitive. I couldn't afford to let them go. I

:04:16.:04:20.

just had to hold my line. You said yesterday that the nature of

:04:21.:04:25.

800-metre running, there is some jostling. Sneaking up the inside.

:04:26.:04:29.

There wasn't really a gap, she went up the inside but it didn't affect

:04:30.:04:33.

me too much. It might have affected her a lot more but I held myself

:04:34.:04:38.

together and thought I just didn't want them to get in front of me.

:04:39.:04:42.

It's a lot harder to fight your way back. To take the victory going into

:04:43.:04:46.

the final beating the defending champion in the process, what does

:04:47.:04:51.

that do for confidence? It gives me confidence. I think I'm competitive

:04:52.:04:55.

against her anyway. Thinking and doing it, feeling good going through

:04:56.:04:59.

the rounds, is a different thing. It's nice to go into the final

:05:00.:05:05.

knowing I can be competitive, especially on the Sprint. We are

:05:06.:05:08.

looking forward to seeing the final, well done on this performance. Thank

:05:09.:05:10.

you. STUDIO: You can see on the infield

:05:11.:05:18.

the pole vault is underway, these are the athletes contesting for the

:05:19.:05:29.

title. Most notably Stefanidi and watch out for the Finnish jumper,

:05:30.:05:39.

Murto, just 18 years of age. Would contest. No Brits. First up is

:05:40.:05:47.

Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden, fourth in the World Championships two years

:05:48.:05:54.

ago. 4.55. That looked very comfortable. Five centimetres shy of

:05:55.:06:01.

her season's best. Ten centimetres between heights as the bar is raised

:06:02.:06:06.

between successful efforts at these early heights. That reduces to five

:06:07.:06:15.

centimetres as the bar gets higher. Bengtsson coming European

:06:16.:06:19.

bronze-medallist indoor and out, looking good. Lisa Ryzih of Germany.

:06:20.:06:30.

She has seen Bengtsson go clear. That all German, European

:06:31.:06:35.

bronze-medallist a few years ago, silver-medallist two years ago. She

:06:36.:06:42.

is ranked second coming into this competition behind the Olympic

:06:43.:06:45.

champion. That is a good clearance for her at the same height of 4.55.

:06:46.:06:55.

So, Ryzih checking her take-off foot, not of the head, getting

:06:56.:07:00.

comfortable, getting orientated. We talked about how tight the infield

:07:01.:07:05.

is here, and getting your bearings is so important. Looking very tidy

:07:06.:07:14.

indeed, Lisa Ryzih, a contender for the title, for sure. I mention the

:07:15.:07:24.

Olympic champion their, Ekaterini Stefanidi but she carries a foul.

:07:25.:07:29.

She is very consistent. Good effort at her second attempt. 4.82, she has

:07:30.:07:38.

jumped this year, she says she is in 4.90 shape and she says she wants

:07:39.:07:42.

the championship record which is 4.90 but more work to be done.

:07:43.:07:47.

Tidied up the error from the first attempt. Stefanidi looking good.

:07:48.:08:03.

STUDIO: The men are on the track waiting for their turn at the 800

:08:04.:08:10.

metres semifinals and it is Kyle Langford going for Great Britain in

:08:11.:08:14.

the first of those semifinals. Steve Cram, he will want to improve on his

:08:15.:08:18.

tactics from the heats. Yes, he will. He was a tad

:08:19.:08:25.

fortunate. He has so much ability, Kyle, he can get into trouble and

:08:26.:08:29.

get out of trouble, he is a bit of a Seve Ballesteros when it comes to

:08:30.:08:33.

the heats but he can't afford to do that here. He has got to be

:08:34.:08:36.

concentrating better and not relying on his pace. He found a little gap

:08:37.:08:40.

on the home straight and got through. These are good athletes.

:08:41.:08:47.

Kupers, European bronze-medallist last time, the 19-year-old, very

:08:48.:08:54.

impressive, always improving, Kramer, from Sweden. He gets out

:08:55.:09:01.

well, as does Kupers. This is the man, to times winner of medals in

:09:02.:09:06.

doors, silver medal in 2014, but twice the champion of the European

:09:07.:09:09.

Indoor Championships, Kszczot. The man everybody expects to be the one

:09:10.:09:16.

to beat. Put it this way, Kyle Langford at his best, again, such a

:09:17.:09:22.

great talent, Kyle. If he runs... He always runs with confidence but he

:09:23.:09:26.

must also run with a bit of sense here, come in the top three.

:09:27.:09:34.

Renaudie of France on the inside of him and outside it will be de Arriba

:09:35.:09:44.

on the inside. They are not seeded after the first round. You would

:09:45.:09:47.

think two winners in one and one in the other but it doesn't work that

:09:48.:09:51.

way. Kyle has found himself in a bit of a tough one here. To be fair he

:09:52.:09:56.

has come here definitely wanting to try and win a medal and if you are

:09:57.:09:59.

going to win a medal you must come in your top three in the semifinal,

:10:00.:10:02.

even if other possible medallists are in it. He knew something about

:10:03.:10:08.

running 800 metres, particularly in doors as well. Langford and Kszczot

:10:09.:10:15.

were both in South Africa training, not together but they were at the

:10:16.:10:19.

same training camp. They will have had a chance to eye each other up.

:10:20.:10:23.

They will get a closer view of each other. Langford starts quickly,

:10:24.:10:26.

Kszczot will never lead, he will always hang around and use his pace

:10:27.:10:32.

as well. Kyle has really attacked this one early, got himself into a

:10:33.:10:35.

good position and he now needs to concentrate and keep his good

:10:36.:10:39.

position. Exactly what I was going to say, when he gets into the good

:10:40.:10:42.

position he sometimes has a tendency to let his mind drift from where he

:10:43.:10:46.

is supposed to be concentrating and not keeping hold of the position but

:10:47.:10:52.

he's doing it today, got himself on the shoulder of de Arriba, aware of

:10:53.:10:56.

where people are hopefully and he can use the big screen at either end

:10:57.:10:59.

and sitting at the back of the screen is the biggest danger, Adam

:11:00.:11:03.

Kszczot, I thought he was moving wide but he is just tracking him.

:11:04.:11:09.

This is very slow, Kupers realised, he is off under way, way too slow

:11:10.:11:13.

through the first 300 metres and gets a reaction, Kszczot happy at

:11:14.:11:19.

the back, Kramer at the back, I thought he would be involved. They

:11:20.:11:23.

have let Kupers go, he is good and strong. He has attacked hard,

:11:24.:11:27.

perhaps too hard, Kszczot is a long way off this, Kyle Langford in a

:11:28.:11:30.

good spot in third place but they are being stretched now and I think

:11:31.:11:34.

Kupers might pay for that because that was really a big piece of

:11:35.:11:37.

acceleration and they are chasing him down. He was a huge piece of

:11:38.:11:41.

acceleration, he did front run in the heat yesterday and ran hard but

:11:42.:11:45.

didn't use that much acceleration. Whether his legs can handle it and

:11:46.:11:48.

whether the other guys have an advantage, and dragged him back more

:11:49.:11:52.

slow but. De Arriba the real shock here, and Kyle Langford must find

:11:53.:11:56.

something in the home straight, he cannot get too far adrift because

:11:57.:11:59.

Kupers might just last it out, his legs must be tight, come on, Kyle,

:12:00.:12:05.

Kupers has done really well there. De Arriba, the surprise package.

:12:06.:12:11.

Kyle holds his hands up. That is a slow race, a tactical race, and

:12:12.:12:15.

Kupers pulled it apart for everybody. To be fair he was

:12:16.:12:20.

rewarded. Kupers was rewarded with a place in the final. He ran it

:12:21.:12:25.

aggressively. I thought he might get completely overhauled. Kszczot has

:12:26.:12:29.

so much ability to come back. This, though, was the surprise for me. De

:12:30.:12:34.

Arriba of Spain coming through as the winner. That wasn't expected,

:12:35.:12:39.

was it? It wasn't expected he would win this seat but he wasn't even

:12:40.:12:44.

expected to qualify. Little cheeky look at Kupers as if to say, "You

:12:45.:12:50.

overcooked that one." But he didn't really, Kupers was still holding on,

:12:51.:12:53.

Kszczot, you could see on his face that he had to work hard to get back

:12:54.:12:57.

into that position and now he could afford to look around to make sure

:12:58.:13:01.

he had qualified. In the end it was those three away quite clearly,

:13:02.:13:04.

round the bend into the last 50 metres, you could see on Kyle

:13:05.:13:08.

Langford's face he had used everything he had at this point and

:13:09.:13:19.

had nothing else to give, not giving up but he didn't have any more in

:13:20.:13:22.

his legs. Behind him, Kramer was the surprise and has not run well in

:13:23.:13:24.

that semifinal. It's always surprising to me, somebody like

:13:25.:13:26.

Kramer, he is a front runner, why didn't he go and do that? In a

:13:27.:13:30.

tactical race like that he comes last. Kyle is normally good in that

:13:31.:13:35.

sort of race when the pace changes. Kupers lasted it out, enough

:13:36.:13:39.

strength to do that. Kszczot looked very comfortable, de Arriba the

:13:40.:13:44.

surprise package going through. Kyle Langford, sadly, will not be in the

:13:45.:13:49.

final, in fourth place. That fourth place doesn't make great reading for

:13:50.:13:53.

you. We saw you shaking your head at the finish. What didn't work for

:13:54.:13:58.

you, do you think? I'm annoyed. It's one of those things, I felt flat

:13:59.:14:01.

going into it, tried to convince myself I was all right, during the

:14:02.:14:09.

race I was there but I just felt flat and with 200 to go I just felt

:14:10.:14:15.

that I wasn't moving well, I thought I was all right, and I thought on

:14:16.:14:23.

the home straight I would kick and hopefully get it but I didn't feel

:14:24.:14:26.

good the whole time. It's one of these things. I've got to bounce

:14:27.:14:32.

back from it. I'm going to get ready for the outdoors now. It is gutting

:14:33.:14:36.

not making it but my main focus is on London. Going into this season in

:14:37.:14:44.

doors I was not expecting to do this, or Birmingham really. So I

:14:45.:14:50.

didn't mean to do so much speed. I just focused on endure Ince and

:14:51.:14:53.

ticking over and in doors was meant to be a bit of getting the legs

:14:54.:15:00.

going. -- endurance. I take positives from this indoor season to

:15:01.:15:06.

the outdoor season. Taking the loss like a man. Get back to training

:15:07.:15:10.

harder and looking forward to a good couple of months with the team. I'm

:15:11.:15:17.

looking forward to getting back to training again. It is annoying not

:15:18.:15:22.

making it but like I say, loss is the secret ingredient to success.

:15:23.:15:26.

Its a good attitude to have. Enjoyed the rest of the season. Enjoyed the

:15:27.:15:28.

build-up up to London. Thank you. Here is a young prospect in the pole

:15:29.:15:47.

vault. World record Junior Holder. Someone to look out for in the

:15:48.:15:54.

future, Murto but it came crashing down for her today. Still a young

:15:55.:16:03.

athlete. 18 so still a junior until the end of this year but the

:16:04.:16:12.

lifetime best she brought into the competition would have done her

:16:13.:16:13.

proud. This is Murto from Germany -- Ryzih.

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4.65 goes clear. We had a little look at her early height and she did

:16:39.:16:47.

look good, it was all in Lineham, is the second ranked pole vault. We are

:16:48.:17:00.

getting close. She is looking very good, maybe asking questions of the

:17:01.:17:13.

Olympic champion. Here is the Olympic champion Stefanidi. Trying

:17:14.:17:21.

to match Ryzih from Germany. Yes. That will keep her in second place

:17:22.:17:33.

so she is carrying that error. 4.65 no such travel, she sorted out

:17:34.:17:41.

whatever it was, a good battle this. Germany versus Greece. .

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So then Stefanidi in second place so far. Ashley Bryant in the

:17:50.:18:02.

heptathlon. Third attempt at 1.9 eight. Yes. Goodlad Ashley Bryant,

:18:03.:18:13.

the team captain. The face of his coach, calm, tells us nothing. I

:18:14.:18:20.

think he has given it a big high-5 inside because that was the last

:18:21.:18:27.

chance he had. Really competitive effort. Has a lifetime best which

:18:28.:18:40.

equalled his season best here. 2.01 the next tights. -- height. From

:18:41.:18:52.

Serbia, a popular local favourites. Look at this, probably the biggest

:18:53.:18:59.

ship we have had so far. He is milking every bit of it and so he

:19:00.:19:08.

should. Good space on that, any thoughts? He is a 2.08 jumper but

:19:09.:19:16.

that doesn't really reflect what he's capable of. He's using the

:19:17.:19:23.

crowd to every advantage Dudas. He is very excitable. Right then Ashley

:19:24.:19:32.

Bryant, can you respond and be lifted by the crowd? Write them,

:19:33.:19:44.

Bryant in second place overall coming into this discipline.

:19:45.:19:57.

Mayer out in front. Second semifinal for the men 800 metres and one man

:19:58.:20:04.

who would have been a big threat for the 800 metres would be the world

:20:05.:20:09.

bronze-medallist but he is out and does not start here. Kevin Lopez,

:20:10.:20:19.

has great experience. A couple of Spaniards in the final Andujar is

:20:20.:20:27.

there as well. Farken ran well at the indoor in

:20:28.:20:43.

Germany, a big talent and everybody in the second semifinal has the

:20:44.:20:46.

chance to improve. Bube from Denmark, a lot of noise

:20:47.:21:07.

and a bit of cash for the start. As I mentioned, to Spaniards, Lopez and

:21:08.:21:17.

Kubista. Five going for three spaces. They very interesting first

:21:18.:21:24.

semifinal. Kyle Langford missing out. No worries about the paceman

:21:25.:21:31.

Lopez interested in taking it. We will see whether he maintains this,

:21:32.:21:36.

I don't think the fact someone is outward change the race too much. He

:21:37.:21:41.

normally sits at the back and make the move late but Lopez may be

:21:42.:21:46.

inspired by the last semifinal. Certainly leaving out so far and

:21:47.:21:53.

maintaining pace but Bube moving out wide and Kubista moves to block him.

:21:54.:22:01.

Farken did well before and faded and came through as one of the fastest

:22:02.:22:06.

losers. Spain going for three in the final. Five, three qualifying places

:22:07.:22:28.

in the final. Andujar moved quickly passed and smartly cut in front of

:22:29.:22:36.

his compatriot Lopez. That increase can sometimes go against you. The

:22:37.:22:41.

two Spaniards in front, looking to make it three in the final and

:22:42.:22:51.

perhaps Farken has run out. Andujar and Lopez, Lopez perhaps finishing

:22:52.:22:57.

stronger. It is Lopez, look at the effort on his face. Kubista

:22:58.:23:07.

finishing strong glee. It will be three Spaniards in the final. Bube

:23:08.:23:13.

taking the victory for Denmark. In very open event this one. That

:23:14.:23:18.

semifinal was made a fraction easier with the withdrawal but it was timed

:23:19.:23:27.

and judged well. He will be happy with that. A tall asked to come in

:23:28.:23:32.

to the final but he made the final with ease in the end. Turned into a

:23:33.:23:39.

bit of a Spanish championship and certainly that heat the easier of

:23:40.:23:42.

the two semifinals was made even easier which made it easy for two

:23:43.:23:48.

Spaniards to progress. Lopez and Andujar making half the final now.

:23:49.:23:58.

Bube deserves his place there. There we have Bube taking 1:49.42, the two

:23:59.:24:08.

Spaniards also going through. In about seven minutes time Muir will

:24:09.:24:17.

be out attempting to win her first major championship gold, she has a

:24:18.:24:21.

busy life, combining her life on the track with another chosen field. The

:24:22.:24:34.

day in the ward for one of Britain's brightest track stars. She juggles

:24:35.:24:42.

FET studies and top level athletics. Running can be quite intense

:24:43.:24:47.

impression so you have to train so hard every day and have vets to

:24:48.:24:54.

veterinary alongside it, this is what I wanted to do and I was

:24:55.:24:59.

younger. She is driving hard and has taken a second of the British

:25:00.:25:04.

record. I guess I hit 2017 and thought let's hit this thing. I knew

:25:05.:25:08.

I was in great shape than it was a matter of putting it on paper and

:25:09.:25:11.

hopefully I can come to the summer and sharpen up. How important are

:25:12.:25:20.

the records to you? I love to run as hard as I can and if I'm breaking

:25:21.:25:25.

records that is great. I think for me it will always be the medals.

:25:26.:25:30.

Records were meant to be broken the records you keep. The 23-year-old

:25:31.:25:34.

was discovered as a raw talent six years ago but despite her record

:25:35.:25:40.

bagging, tangible awards have eluded her. I just got a bronze so to get

:25:41.:25:44.

my first senior international record will be a stepping stone, it is not

:25:45.:25:49.

quite calm yet but I think I more one package now so hopefully in

:25:50.:25:55.

Belgrade can get a medal if not two. European indoor medals on the main

:25:56.:25:58.

season 's goal, that comes in August at home Championships. I'm in that

:25:59.:26:05.

area now, I should be able to perform and be up there with the

:26:06.:26:08.

medals, there is no reason why you shouldn't be on the podium.

:26:09.:26:13.

Hopefully this year will be my year. Along with a stethoscope, hopefully

:26:14.:26:20.

she will have some medals to. And we're definitely not overstating or

:26:21.:26:23.

overhyping how year and her chance here because these are the records

:26:24.:26:29.

she has taken this year. A 1500 metre was outdoor last year but this

:26:30.:26:35.

year 3,000-metre indoor, 5,000-metre indoor and British 1,000-metre

:26:36.:26:43.

indoor and of course she is the nailing every race which was built

:26:44.:26:47.

on from the breakthrough she made last year with a records. It is the

:26:48.:26:52.

breakthrough, the disappointment, she learned she is now the complete

:26:53.:26:57.

package, has great insurance, great speed, what she has to prove today

:26:58.:27:01.

is whether she has the tactical brain. It might not even matter, she

:27:02.:27:08.

can run however she wants. I think the commentary box are very

:27:09.:27:12.

confident that she can win any which Way but those records don't live,

:27:13.:27:16.

she is one talented individual and we just want to see that medal now.

:27:17.:27:23.

Paula Radcliffe in the commentary box, there is Laura's coach, Steve

:27:24.:27:33.

will this be a tactical race, will she dictate how the race is one? She

:27:34.:27:39.

will dictate it because the other athletes have to find a way to

:27:40.:27:43.

combat everything that she has, I don't think they can, what may

:27:44.:27:46.

happen is one of two others will think I will not win this but I

:27:47.:27:52.

would like some medal, for instance the German would want to make it the

:27:53.:28:04.

hard race. The local girl doesn't have the quality. If we talk about

:28:05.:28:09.

Andy Young, he did a fantastic job and he's never far from the side.

:28:10.:28:15.

She does have a busy life but he does a great job of making sure when

:28:16.:28:20.

she is training she concentrates 100% on that and she is a ferocious

:28:21.:28:24.

train as well which is why she can produce the performances.

:28:25.:28:32.

We have heat impressive runs yesterday? When you plan the weekend

:28:33.:28:40.

you have to look at the heat and you don't want to extend yourself too

:28:41.:28:45.

much. She had a 3,000-metre heats in the morning and finished as the

:28:46.:28:49.

fastest loser because she had and the other side of the track telling

:28:50.:28:53.

her every luck what position she needed to be in. When she came to

:28:54.:29:00.

the 1500 it was the case of staying comfortable, staying out of trouble,

:29:01.:29:04.

this is Terzic the local girl and Laura is so comfortable there. That

:29:05.:29:17.

is Klosterhalfen, watery codified comfortably -- all three qualified,

:29:18.:29:26.

W. -- comfortably. How difficult is it to do this double indoors over

:29:27.:29:31.

2-3 days because obviously they both have heats to navigate? If you had

:29:32.:29:39.

registered for both events and when it was when they got here and

:29:40.:29:43.

realised there were heats for a 3000, people are hoping it was a

:29:44.:29:49.

straight final so Muir was anyone who registered for both offence and

:29:50.:29:54.

is contesting both. You have to go back to 2007, the last person to

:29:55.:29:58.

attend and succeed in the double winning both gold medals, a massive

:29:59.:30:04.

task, 45 laps of the trek across the weekend, a lot of work which is so

:30:05.:30:08.

prepared for it. The athletes are just below is here where we are in

:30:09.:30:12.

the presentation box and they will be getting ready for the razzmatazz,

:30:13.:30:16.

their introduction where the music and the light show starts and

:30:17.:30:21.

introduced them one by one. She will have done all of warming up, they

:30:22.:30:25.

are striding back getting ready to come out and will then be lining up

:30:26.:30:30.

a humanist after their introduced. A mixed reaction in the presentation

:30:31.:30:35.

box whether or not these guys would like to be a part of the

:30:36.:30:41.

introduction, which you fancy it? They are both lying because we know

:30:42.:30:44.

both of them would love to have this razzmatazz and the lights and

:30:45.:30:48.

everything. They still like it now unlike us middle-distance runners.

:30:49.:30:55.

Paula would have hated having to interrupt her warm up by having to

:30:56.:31:01.

pose, am I right? You are right. It adds to it. We had it in Poland last

:31:02.:31:08.

year. We have the kind of what was it, that's blacked out stage behind

:31:09.:31:13.

them and it worked well I thought. If it draws the attention to the

:31:14.:31:18.

athlete then, what I don't like is having to work a dancer. I couldn't

:31:19.:31:20.

do that. That's the bit that Colin would have

:31:21.:31:25.

really There seems to be a delay at the

:31:26.:31:40.

moment. We have about an hour and a half on-air. After Laura and Sarah

:31:41.:31:49.

McDonald go in the 1500 metre final, Nielsen, the 1500 metre final, going

:31:50.:31:57.

in her first major final. Hejnova, normally dominant over the hurdles,

:31:58.:32:03.

will be the strong athlete there. At 7:15pm Tom Lancashire goes in the

:32:04.:32:07.

men's 17 Chamakh 1500 metre final and then the men's 400 and men's 60

:32:08.:32:14.

final at 7:55pm. Quickly over to Steve Backley because we have some

:32:15.:32:17.

news that might not be great from the British perspective. Ashley

:32:18.:32:23.

Bryant, the British team captain, very much in contention in the

:32:24.:32:28.

heptathlon but he has retired. The cross of his arms communicating with

:32:29.:32:33.

the officials letting them know he doesn't want to take his attempt at

:32:34.:32:38.

2.01. We don't know the reason. But I can only suspect there is

:32:39.:32:41.

something of a physical issue stopping him having a go for the

:32:42.:32:49.

third time. Across the stadium we have bulk of its -- the Polish. He

:32:50.:33:03.

was remarkable as a junior, twice champion of the world. Not many

:33:04.:33:14.

people have done that. Bukowiecki has unleashed a monster in the

:33:15.:33:17.

second round, foul in the first round. He got the timing on that

:33:18.:33:26.

bang on. Well beyond 21 metres. It is 21.97, it's a world lead for

:33:27.:33:34.

Konrad Bukowiecki of Poland. Believed was with David Storl of De

:33:35.:33:56.

Mike Dunn told throw at 21.15. -- with David Storl of that throw at

:33:57.:34:06.

21.15. This was that throw. A really good tussle at the halfway stage

:34:07.:34:14.

between Storl, the three times European champion, against the

:34:15.:34:18.

youngster, Konrad Bukowiecki, 19 Young's of age. He -- years of age.

:34:19.:34:25.

He is in second place now. Down at the far end of the stadium

:34:26.:34:30.

you can see the flashing lights and the women about to be introduced for

:34:31.:34:35.

this 1500 metre final, two British athletes. But the one who everybody

:34:36.:34:39.

is watching, Sarah McDonald and Laura Muir. Laura doesn't even pose.

:34:40.:34:45.

Maybe they've all been told to jog out because this is all

:34:46.:34:50.

middle-distance runners want to do, get out and shake out the legs as

:34:51.:34:55.

they come out into the arena. The red-hot favourite, Laura Muir, Sarah

:34:56.:35:01.

McDonald also going. A word about Sarah, great to see her getting

:35:02.:35:06.

through to the final as well as Laura. Two British women in this.

:35:07.:35:13.

You have to go all the way back to another Scot, Mary Stuart, in 1977,

:35:14.:35:19.

the last time Britain won the 1500 metres indoors, which is unusual

:35:20.:35:23.

because we have so many great 1500 metre runners. The last time we won

:35:24.:35:28.

the gold-medal at the European Indoor Championships. There's Sarah,

:35:29.:35:38.

now a member of Birchfield Harriers. Sarah is a former ice skater and

:35:39.:35:42.

only started running in sixth form a few years ago and I bet she never

:35:43.:35:46.

thought she would be heading towards these European Indoor Championships

:35:47.:35:48.

representing Great Britain. She joins Laura Muir with Ben Ali --

:35:49.:36:01.

Ennaoui. Klosterhalfen, this great talent from Germany. Mageean from

:36:02.:36:08.

Ireland, another youngster, developing well about the same age

:36:09.:36:14.

as your. There will be a massive cheer for the Serbian. There is

:36:15.:36:24.

Sarah. Her usual prerace standing on the start line bouncing up-and-down

:36:25.:36:30.

and looking ready to go. She ran her first mile race, she used to do

:36:31.:36:34.

shorter distances, back in 2011, so not that long ago, 5.13. I'm sure

:36:35.:36:46.

she will have a few nerves here. All of these women, as I said earlier,

:36:47.:36:50.

will look towards Laura Muir and thinking what do we do? There is not

:36:51.:36:54.

much they can do to beat Laura but there is a medal for somebody here,

:36:55.:37:00.

obviously silver and a bronze. I would suggest Turn 6, if she were to

:37:01.:37:04.

come through and win a medal it would be a massive performance for

:37:05.:37:05.

her. -- Tosic dumb Terzic. Klosterhalfen has been in

:37:06.:37:23.

great form. I enjoy watching her run. She looks like she has no

:37:24.:37:26.

strength but she is such a strong runner, cross-country champion. All

:37:27.:37:33.

on her own in the German championships, no pacemakers, that

:37:34.:37:36.

might be a sign she may do something like that today. She is quick at 800

:37:37.:37:41.

as well. Gega, from Albanian, a new personal best. Good times indoors.

:37:42.:37:48.

Sarah McDonald thought she had the qualifying time from her race in

:37:49.:37:51.

Cardiff because she won the trials and had to go to Ireland and do it

:37:52.:37:56.

again because the time hadn't been ratified in Cardiff, so a little bit

:37:57.:38:00.

of stress being selected and then she found a little extra in the

:38:01.:38:03.

heats and got herself into the final with a gutsy performance. Perisic of

:38:04.:38:13.

Belarus -- Barysevich. And again the diminutive figure of

:38:14.:38:28.

Ben -- Ennaoui. She doesn't have the same weaponry as Laura Muir. Laura

:38:29.:38:40.

Muir has never won a medal at any Championships so far in her career.

:38:41.:38:45.

This is her chance. This is her day, surely.

:38:46.:38:49.

The 1500 metre final indoors, seven and a half laps of the track. Laura

:38:50.:38:57.

Muir immediately goes to the back of the field because she knows she can

:38:58.:39:02.

just watch and wait and Terzic is there with her as well. We will wait

:39:03.:39:07.

and see how this develops. I will be interested to see if anyone wants to

:39:08.:39:14.

take it on, Bahta has moved up to 1500 metres, happier with her pace,

:39:15.:39:17.

not that quick. Klosterhalfen looks interested down the back straight

:39:18.:39:23.

sitting in behind. Laura Muir realises if you want to have a race,

:39:24.:39:27.

thank you very much, get nicely spread out, don't have to worry

:39:28.:39:31.

about tripping up and keeping out of trouble. You said in your tips, keep

:39:32.:39:35.

out of trouble. That's the biggest thing in doors, stay out of trouble

:39:36.:39:38.

and stamp your authority on the race and that is what Laura Muir is doing

:39:39.:39:43.

now as she comes back around. Maybe she is going to make a big move, it

:39:44.:39:47.

is early to do that but she is turning this into a strong and

:39:48.:39:51.

honest race and almost daring the other athletes to go with it.

:39:52.:39:56.

Ennaoui did this with Dibaba earlier this year and hung onto her

:39:57.:40:01.

coat-tails for about 1200 metres and wasn't able to stay with her any

:40:02.:40:06.

longer and paid the price for having gone early. Maybe she will be more

:40:07.:40:10.

wary if Laura really goes hard but maybe that was a bit of a test. I

:40:11.:40:15.

think Laura will be comfortable running quickly, she did put

:40:16.:40:18.

acceleration in but she has settled down, she is at the front, in

:40:19.:40:22.

control, and will keep the pace building, taking it into the

:40:23.:40:26.

territory where I know better than everybody is, let's test how good a

:40:27.:40:30.

1500 metre runner you are and see how fast you can go, when you have

:40:31.:40:35.

run 1000 metres and 5000 indoors as fast as she has, you have the

:40:36.:40:39.

strength and endurance and speed and she is just getting rid of a few,

:40:40.:40:43.

the others will hang on as long as they can. For me this is a bit of a

:40:44.:40:47.

display from Laura Muir. She is going to take them with her, they

:40:48.:40:51.

are well stretched out behind, Sarah McDonald is towards the back of the

:40:52.:40:55.

field, and I am sure she is going to get quicker and quicker. She is

:40:56.:40:59.

going to make them run hard. This is what Laura does best, she does it

:41:00.:41:03.

time and time again in training and also in races, she's not afraid to

:41:04.:41:08.

go out run as hard as she can and push and push. In training sessions

:41:09.:41:13.

she will go and have favourite sessions she does before major

:41:14.:41:16.

championships and just wants to beat them by a little bit every time as

:41:17.:41:20.

her measure and she is getting stronger and stronger all the time

:41:21.:41:23.

and the other women in this race behind her know that as well. This

:41:24.:41:28.

is a real judgment game for them to be able to just guess right how hard

:41:29.:41:32.

they can go, how much they can try to stay with Laura and not sacrifice

:41:33.:41:38.

the chance of a medal later on. Anyone who thought they might pick

:41:39.:41:41.

up an easy medal has gone out of the window because the three best

:41:42.:41:48.

runners are at the front, Laura Muir, Klosterhalfen and Ennaoui, and

:41:49.:41:51.

she is still building the pressure with 400 to go and on any other date

:41:52.:41:54.

you would not think Klosterhalfen could give Laura Muir anything to

:41:55.:41:58.

think about all worry about in the last 300 metres but she's there.

:41:59.:42:04.

We've lost Ennaoui, so three are down to two, the talented German

:42:05.:42:09.

moving up onto Laura Muir's shoulder and she responds. Yes, she does, she

:42:10.:42:12.

still has some left but Klosterhalfen would be the one the

:42:13.:42:16.

most in the mould of Laura Muir, she has the strength and speed but she

:42:17.:42:24.

is not good enough to hang onto this surge that Laura is putting in now.

:42:25.:42:27.

This is what we came to see. She is a class above everybody, for me.

:42:28.:42:31.

This is a display of distance running, a display of 1500 metre

:42:32.:42:36.

running at its very best. Laura Muir has waited for this moment for a few

:42:37.:42:42.

years now. The tears that we saw at Stockholm at the world indoor

:42:43.:42:46.

Championships will be replaced by cheers as Laura Muir stretches away

:42:47.:42:52.

and comes to win the gold medal for Great Britain. European Indoor

:42:53.:43:00.

champion and a new championship record of 4:02.4 and that will

:43:01.:43:04.

eclipse the time by a tenth the second. That doesn't matter. It is

:43:05.:43:09.

also a new British record, I am just having pointed out to as well. If

:43:10.:43:15.

she needed any more accolades she is piling them up in one race. What a

:43:16.:43:20.

finish that was. Hats off to Klosterhalfen, a really good attempt

:43:21.:43:23.

to stay with her but you cannot hang on to somebody as good as this,

:43:24.:43:27.

somebody at the top of their game and as strong as Laura Muir is.

:43:28.:43:34.

Klosterhalfen. Being applauded. A new record for Klosterhalfen in

:43:35.:43:39.

second. She doesn't make it easy on herself. There is Sarah McDonald

:43:40.:43:42.

receiving congratulations from Laura. She could have come here, I

:43:43.:43:47.

want to win two gold medals, could have done it easy, 3000 final

:43:48.:43:51.

tomorrow, but no, I'm in the shape of my life and I will show you how

:43:52.:43:56.

good I am. She certainly did that. They will have sat down and thought

:43:57.:43:59.

how will the other girls think you will run the race? They will think

:44:00.:44:03.

you will run easy and save energy for the 3000 metres tomorrow but she

:44:04.:44:07.

said no, I'm not going to do that, I'm going to go and take the British

:44:08.:44:11.

record, Commonwealth record and championship record and make them

:44:12.:44:16.

work really hard for it. Klosterhalfen ran a perfectly judged

:44:17.:44:20.

race and let Ennaoui go with Laura Muir early on and moved through

:44:21.:44:23.

later on and really deserves that personal best. Look how much it

:44:24.:44:31.

means to hurt there. Well, Andy Young is off to our right trying to

:44:32.:44:35.

shout down to Laura. The two of them have done a brilliant job. She needs

:44:36.:44:41.

a union Jack. I don't know if Andy has got one. No, he hasn't. He might

:44:42.:44:46.

have a saltire handy. Give me a flag! This is her moment, she hasn't

:44:47.:44:51.

won a medal at a major championships and saying, can I do a lap of

:44:52.:44:57.

honour? There is the 400 final coming up. Poor Laura. Athletes

:44:58.:45:03.

dream of this moment, I've won a gold medal, I'd like a flag and to

:45:04.:45:06.

do my lap of honour but she is not being allowed to do it. Spoil sport.

:45:07.:45:11.

It's not Laura's fault they are behind schedule. She should be

:45:12.:45:15.

allowed. If the Serbian had won a medal you bet there would have been

:45:16.:45:20.

a lap of honour. I'm not being against the locals, go on, Laura, go

:45:21.:45:25.

for it, girl, British fans down the back straight, there are loads of

:45:26.:45:28.

British fans and I can seasonably coming down to the track-side to

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give her a flag, here you go. There was a Scottish flag there but she is

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representing all of us as well as Scotland, representing Great Britain

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and Northern Ireland. Well done, Laura Muir. These are moments that

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she will savour. That's slow motion of coming down

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the home straight, I don't think she has realise she's broken the British

:45:55.:45:59.

record as well in her quest to destroy the field. She did that and

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she will realise a bit later what she has done in terms of the actual

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performance in terms of time. Look at that smile. She might not have

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done but I guarantee Andy knows and that'll be one more target ticked

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off on their plan they are working towards London and beyond. She is

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really on form and a target for all of that and I'm glad she got the

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chance to do that lap of honour because she deserved that. She will

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make her way up to see fill in a moment, the 400 metre finals, I'm

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not sure if we will speak to her but, she and Andy deserve huge

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congratulations. Here she comes. Over to you Phil. Congratulations

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Laura on a wonderful performance, any British record as well as a gold

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medal, can you sum it up? I'm just happy. It feels like a long time

:47:01.:47:08.

coming to win a medal and I'm so happy. You deserve to be. You had a

:47:09.:47:12.

stellar season indoors, breaking records and to take the race out

:47:13.:47:17.

like that, was that the plan? Yes I knew a couple of the Gaza have a

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sprint finish so I thought I would play to my strength and I just took

:47:22.:47:26.

it out and held on. To take the British record was that plan? Nope I

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just wanted to run a quick race but I never envisaged to do that. This

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is brilliant. You look back on the past and some of the events you have

:47:39.:47:42.

been in, you've had a lot of bad luck, you've tripped and fallen and

:47:43.:47:47.

things have not gone your way so this has been a while coming, not a

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long time but it must mean so much having gone through the trials and

:47:53.:47:57.

tribulations? Definitely. I'm still only 23 so I have a few more years

:47:58.:48:02.

yet. In the last couple of years medals have slipped away and it

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hasn't been my fault but it happened, I'm so relieved to get a

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medal on the table. 3000 metres tomorrow, we wish you well on that.

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Thank you to everybody back at home. Huge congratulations to Laura Muir

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that these races come thick and fast and a new face, the new kid on the

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block 's. The Nielsen twins. The final of the 400 metres and this is

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Laviai Neilsen. She probably will need to be running close to her PB

:48:42.:48:45.

if she will be breaking into the medals today. An exciting race,

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nail-biting and she will take inspiration from Laura Muir.

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Certainly a chance for Neilsen to get a medal. Sprunger the favourite

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and Guei from France. But Neilsen in lane three and she is fourth fastest

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of the qualifiers, can she lived herself for the final? The

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atmosphere here is lively to say the least, that was wonderful that lap

:49:27.:49:32.

of honour for Laura Muir. Andy Young demanded that she do it, no stopping

:49:33.:49:38.

her but Neilsen doesn't earn 21 until later this month and here she

:49:39.:49:42.

is getting ready for European indoor final. Former European junior

:49:43.:49:47.

champion and as we saw earlier, her twin sister who should have been

:49:48.:49:51.

running here is watching and hoping instead for success. We heard that

:49:52.:50:01.

she will go out hard, give everything and die on the line

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having given her all. Certainly the favourite,. Guei had an eventful

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journey to the final. Neilsen certainly belongs in this company.

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Neilsen in three, Swiety the Polish champion, to pulse on the inside

:50:41.:50:47.

tough lanes. Very strong Polish group in the women's 400, this'll be

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a factor in the relay. Right on the outside sprung, dominated her first

:50:57.:50:59.

round heat. -- Sprunger. I think the French competitor likes

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running down opponents in the indoors. Neilsen in lane three,

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former European junior champion trying and hoping and giving

:51:33.:51:35.

everything for a medal at the European indoors. Final of the

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women's 400 metres. We know tactics and we know she goes out strong and

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gets to the break in contention, the car faster the Swiss athlete has

:51:58.:52:03.

gone out in lane six. Guei just inside track keep face to Lee pace.

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-- pace. Here comes the break and the tall figure of the Swiss athlete

:52:12.:52:15.

in France by couple of paces and Guei trying to keep pace. For

:52:16.:52:20.

separating themselves on the heard at the moment, Guei the figure tall,

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Guei to Sprunger and Hejnova is injured, she is tying up and gone

:52:35.:52:43.

and Neilsen trying to hold on. Hejnova and Neilsen just run out of

:52:44.:52:50.

the medals. So close, cannot be faulted for her efforts giving

:52:51.:52:55.

everything. Just run out of the medals. Sprunger you feel for her.

:52:56.:53:01.

That was more than tying up, something had given way but instead

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it was Guei coming through to take the victory ahead of Hejnova. That

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is the anguish of a fourth-place finish in major championships.

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She'll be disappointed because I think she thought, there were a few

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things, I don't think Springer is injured, she just went way too fast

:53:26.:53:29.

and completely ran out of legs and when the lactic acid fills those

:53:30.:53:33.

legs there is nothing you can do. I've seen a few examples and that

:53:34.:53:37.

was a good one, it's the risk you take. We saw in the semifinals, if

:53:38.:53:45.

you go hard. This is what she did. I thought Neilsen ran a sensible first

:53:46.:53:49.

lap and realised how fast they were going and thought OK I will settle

:53:50.:53:54.

in but then she got into a scrap with Hejnova. She had to wait to go

:53:55.:53:59.

past by which time Hejnova is away and she thinks I'm going from medal

:54:00.:54:07.

now and all of a sudden on the outside, nothing you can do when

:54:08.:54:15.

someone comes through with that momentum. For me she has conducted

:54:16.:54:23.

herself while and has learnt a lot to, fourth in the European

:54:24.:54:27.

Championships. She ready made one attempt on the back straight, she

:54:28.:54:30.

had to try to get into the top three but is running wide, all the way

:54:31.:54:34.

around the band and Mrs everybody is tired here, all of a sudden the poll

:54:35.:54:42.

who sat off things, this is the reward you can get. I'm not going to

:54:43.:54:46.

say it is a cowardly way to run but sometimes it is smart because you

:54:47.:54:50.

hope others tie up and you are there to pick up the pieces. The good

:54:51.:54:55.

thing about Neilsen is that she had a go. She threw herself into it but

:54:56.:55:01.

I think she will think she had a medal there. I'm looking at the

:55:02.:55:06.

times. 52.79, she'll probably think she could have got a medal there. We

:55:07.:55:11.

heard from her sister that she would give everything. That is a great

:55:12.:55:15.

result for Hejnova who was disqualified yesterday. -- Guei. A

:55:16.:55:25.

personal best for Hejnova, she does lift herself for these races. Just

:55:26.:55:35.

run out in fourth place that there will be medals to come in her career

:55:36.:55:37.

I'm sure of that. Andrew in commentary saying there

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will be medals to come for sure in your career, understand be right now

:55:46.:55:51.

or you can feel is the emotion, the one slipped away. Fourth place is

:55:52.:55:59.

agonising. Just the last there. It's always the last bit. I thought I had

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it, I tried, I really did. Tactically what was the plan? To

:56:06.:56:11.

attack it. I know my strengths and that is my speed and it was

:56:12.:56:15.

difficult from lane three, I wanted to go hard like I have this indoor

:56:16.:56:20.

season and try to sit in and kick towards the end but I guess they

:56:21.:56:25.

were stronger than me in that bit. Once you have distance from the

:56:26.:56:29.

event he will look back and see what you have managed to achieve? I think

:56:30.:56:34.

I will look back, at the moment forth this just painful. You have a

:56:35.:56:41.

chance of redemption tomorrow in the relay of course maybe a medal birth?

:56:42.:56:48.

Hopefully yes. Obviously my sister is not here but we have a fairly

:56:49.:56:53.

strong team, we already close and we've spoken about and the

:56:54.:56:57.

possibility of a medal so I'm going to go back, cool down and get ready

:56:58.:57:02.

for tomorrow. This is just the start for you, we shouldn't forget that

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either. Hopefully yes. I was using the season to gain confidence with

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my racing on the start line with such amazing athlete, I just have to

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go back and talk it over with my coach. I want to take this moment to

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thank my coach Frank US bin incredible and everyone athletics.

:57:22.:57:28.

Thank you to everyone who is involved in my journey. We know it

:57:29.:57:33.

is just the start, thank you for talking to us. Neilsen desperately

:57:34.:57:43.

disappointed there. Fourth placed the cruellest position, especially

:57:44.:57:47.

for a young athlete who has been breaking her PB's and setting her

:57:48.:57:54.

career in a positive frame. I for one was pleased to hear her say she

:57:55.:57:57.

was disappointed not say it's great to be here and have the experience

:57:58.:58:02.

because she is a competitor. You can see the way she took that on and

:58:03.:58:06.

that bodes well. It does. It's such a raw emotion. She knew it was the

:58:07.:58:14.

taking but you can't fault her. We can't fault what she did. Tactically

:58:15.:58:19.

she was right in the mix, she knew what she had to do and prove she

:58:20.:58:23.

belongs in this arena and when she goes home and analyses the race, she

:58:24.:58:26.

will realise that actually I'm there. I think for me what she has

:58:27.:58:37.

proven is a real desire to be on the top. You cannot be someone who has

:58:38.:58:40.

the desire when they are at such a young stage in their career, when

:58:41.:58:45.

they are developing she will look at it will be bitterly disappointed and

:58:46.:58:48.

she looked at the ladies who were climbing roster thinking next time

:58:49.:58:53.

I'm going to be up there so she will always work harder, a little bit

:58:54.:58:57.

more in every single training session. She ready identified where

:58:58.:59:01.

she was weak. Right at the end and at the back of the race with that in

:59:02.:59:05.

mind you can see now she is thinking she needs more insurance. Let's take

:59:06.:59:10.

it from 200. Perhaps more than any other the 400 is unusual for

:59:11.:59:15.

athletes to breaking lane and to jostle with one another and this is

:59:16.:59:19.

where it came unstuck. You have to be strong and confident and she did

:59:20.:59:22.

try to attack and go with Hejnova but I think the decision, she could

:59:23.:59:29.

have gone inside that she had committed herself so she just had

:59:30.:59:36.

to... And it worked for some see you can't say it was the wrong tactic?

:59:37.:59:41.

And because you move at speed, when you commit to a line you have to

:59:42.:59:45.

stick with it because it takes so much out of you. You don't want to

:59:46.:59:52.

go from side to side, you want to hold on and focus and take your line

:59:53.:59:55.

and say that is the path I am taking. When I say most unusual, the

:59:56.:00:01.

400 is run outside and you normally stay in your line and no other event

:00:02.:00:05.

it do you experience that difference because you break the lane in the

:00:06.:00:10.

800 and 1500, 60 guys run straight so it's different to employ these

:00:11.:00:15.

tactics. And again it is done at speed. In other events here they

:00:16.:00:19.

don't go as fast and quick as this ladies will be going. Again that is

:00:20.:00:23.

what adds the interest into this event and some people thrive on it

:00:24.:00:31.

and they love it. Even though they are slightly fatigued. You can see

:00:32.:00:36.

she is devastated. She will look at what has happened and she will be

:00:37.:00:38.

thinking on for the company. Goulet, the champion from France,

:00:39.:00:46.

was disqualified yesterday after this incident and was then

:00:47.:01:03.

reinstated later. -- Florian Gaul a. Floria Guei. She was reinstated and

:01:04.:01:11.

those are the rules. They will be hard for a Rosolova to see that, she

:01:12.:01:15.

is in here with a neck brace having seriously injured herself and that

:01:16.:01:20.

will be tough to take on board. It is tough because she will look and

:01:21.:01:24.

think I should be in that final and be really competitive and in the end

:01:25.:01:27.

she has finished with that neck brace. It will be frustrating but

:01:28.:01:30.

they all have the outdoor season to look forward to. Always putting a

:01:31.:01:36.

nice positive spin on it at the end, Colin. The positive eulogies keep on

:01:37.:01:40.

flowing and the words for Laura Muir because we didn't have time to take

:01:41.:01:44.

stock because it all came so quickly with the 400. Her running is a joy

:01:45.:01:47.

to watch every time, immaturity the way she takes on these races and the

:01:48.:01:54.

confidence, speed, injury and hard work she has put in. She is such a

:01:55.:02:01.

different athlete to the one I saw three years ago. The Commonwealths,

:02:02.:02:08.

the world indoors, she has had disappointment, but she has fought,

:02:09.:02:13.

she has worked hard. Paula talked about how much she embraces her

:02:14.:02:18.

training, she likes her training, she works hard and has covered every

:02:19.:02:22.

base and when you watch her, you get the sense, is this another Mo Farah?

:02:23.:02:28.

That feeling of superiority and invincibility. She is breaking

:02:29.:02:33.

records, Kelly Holmes's record has gone today again, if she was the

:02:34.:02:37.

most dominant female runner we have had, going back to her era, and she

:02:38.:02:41.

is breaking Kelly's records we have to start thinking of her. And the

:02:42.:02:50.

record she had was the Olympic champion back in 1984 so you can see

:02:51.:02:53.

the quality of athletes she is running better than already. I

:02:54.:02:59.

turned around to Denise and I circled her age, saying she is only

:03:00.:03:06.

23. She is a youngster, absolutely a youngster. With that in mind she is

:03:07.:03:11.

so going to develop. What I love to see is she is in this real purple

:03:12.:03:16.

patch but this purple patch is just going to grow longer and longer. If

:03:17.:03:20.

she stays fit and strong at 23 years old she could have seven years

:03:21.:03:24.

dominating the sport. I think she can truly do that. You have seen how

:03:25.:03:32.

she demonstrates it. She said that working as a vet and still training

:03:33.:03:38.

is what keeps her fresh. It keeps her mind somewhere else. I think the

:03:39.:03:44.

manner in which she is winning... Luckily there are quite a lot of

:03:45.:03:49.

vets in the world, there aren't many globally accomplished

:03:50.:03:51.

middle-distance runners like her for the pound. We will see how she keeps

:03:52.:03:56.

that balance. It is the men's 1500 metre final and Tom Lancashire is

:03:57.:04:00.

going for Great Britain coached by none other than Steve Cram. Over to

:04:01.:04:06.

you, nervous coach Steve. COMMENTATOR: Yes, there is Tom.

:04:07.:04:10.

Everybody will be a bit nervous. Tom is delighted to be here, delighted

:04:11.:04:15.

to be back in the British vest at a championships and contending. He is

:04:16.:04:22.

the only British Championships in the 1500 metres, Chris O'Hare won a

:04:23.:04:27.

medal last time around and Tom knows he's got a tough race here,

:04:28.:04:31.

obviously. It's a very open race, there are three or four big dangers

:04:32.:04:37.

in here, one too familiar names, Lewandowski, Berglund, Sweden have a

:04:38.:04:42.

really young talent on their hands, just 20 years of age, improving very

:04:43.:04:46.

quickly. He may well be the favourite, he is the quickest this

:04:47.:04:52.

year in the field. Sasinek looked good in the field. Lewandowski. We

:04:53.:05:01.

have 11 in the field. Travers overnight advanced to the final

:05:02.:05:05.

because they thought they heard a gun, they did hear a gun, stopped

:05:06.:05:08.

running in the heat, and a bit contentious they were put into the

:05:09.:05:12.

final because it was their own fault, nobody stopped in the heat,

:05:13.:05:15.

they stopped running, and they are fortunate to have been advanced into

:05:16.:05:19.

the final. It means we have 11 which is too many for me in the European

:05:20.:05:25.

Indoor final so let's hope it is a safe travel round for everybody and

:05:26.:05:27.

there is not too much pushing and shoving. Alcala and travellers are

:05:28.:05:33.

very lucky, plus Alcala didn't race hard, he jogged round the last

:05:34.:05:38.

couple of laps -- Travers. He got easy passage through to the final,

:05:39.:05:43.

if you like. Tom is there. He had a great start to his career, 3.33

:05:44.:05:49.

runner in 2010. He has had a few years of injury problems and not

:05:50.:05:54.

running as he would like to run. But he is here in contention in this

:05:55.:05:58.

1500 metre final. Others to look out for, Selmouni of France. What's

:05:59.:06:05.

interesting is a lot of these guys have beating each other this year.

:06:06.:06:09.

There is no Laura Muir, let's put it that way. I guess, Paula, everybody

:06:10.:06:15.

standing on the start line, eight or nine guys will think they can win a

:06:16.:06:19.

medal. I think there are, and Shelley take bets now on whether

:06:20.:06:23.

Laura Muir went halfway quicker than these goes will go through halfway?

:06:24.:06:28.

You are right, that is the thing in the finals, the nervousness. Tom

:06:29.:06:32.

cleared out in the heats. They will be three or four who don't mind it

:06:33.:06:37.

slow, Lewandowski, 800-metre specialist, will be delighted if

:06:38.:06:41.

it's slow, probably even Berglund as well, the youngster from Sweden

:06:42.:06:46.

moving up from 800 to 1500 metres, with great effect. Lewandowski,

:06:47.:06:54.

European champion at 800 metres in the past. Selmouni, the very strong

:06:55.:06:57.

Frenchman. He beat Tom Lancashire earlier in the season. Don't forget

:06:58.:07:04.

Lewandowski was sixth in the final last year at 800. Benitz, good at

:07:05.:07:16.

1500 metres. This is the big danger for me, Berglund, a real talent, 20

:07:17.:07:21.

years of age, and he's only going to get better. Tom is the oldest in the

:07:22.:07:26.

field. He will mind me telling you that. 31, Tom, but looking forward

:07:27.:07:34.

to a good two or three years ahead in these European Indoor

:07:35.:07:39.

Championships. A real opportunity, Sasinek looked good in qualifying,

:07:40.:07:41.

the youngster from the Czech Republic. A few young men early in

:07:42.:07:47.

their careers contesting for medals, Tom Lancashire going for Great

:07:48.:07:52.

Britain. They have used two starting lines have. We have so many in

:07:53.:07:56.

there. Benitz and Tom Lancashire having a coming together but we have

:07:57.:08:00.

safely got through at least the first 100 metres and Alcala came

:08:01.:08:04.

through the outside and they are settling down, the other Spaniard on

:08:05.:08:08.

the outside and Tom Lancashire towards the back. Berglund is at the

:08:09.:08:14.

front. I didn't expect to see him there. It is not fast but at least

:08:15.:08:19.

they are not jogging. He has gone to the front. Maybe he thought I will

:08:20.:08:23.

get myself out of trouble. It is a big danger putting 11 guys on an

:08:24.:08:28.

indoor 1500 metre race like this, especially when the tendency in

:08:29.:08:31.

championship races is for it to go out so steady and slowly that it is

:08:32.:08:36.

already dangerous with so many guys on the track. Tom Lancashire

:08:37.:08:41.

tracking Travers in front of him and looking to stay out of trouble at

:08:42.:08:45.

this point. I think we will see lots of guys moving out into lane two or

:08:46.:08:50.

three to give themselves a chance to make their moves and I don't think

:08:51.:08:54.

it will be slow for too long. 64 is slow for the men. Berglund, he has

:08:55.:09:00.

probably got himself out there because when there is a move I want

:09:01.:09:05.

to be able to cover it. Al Kellock there as well, so nobody moving on,

:09:06.:09:10.

Tom Lancashire saying enough is enough, let's get this moving. --

:09:11.:09:15.

Alcala. One to jostling on the inside, Sasinek will Beer danger.

:09:16.:09:20.

Aboubakar Lewandowski, towards the back, happy to there. -- will be a

:09:21.:09:28.

danger. -- at the back, Lewandowski. Nobody has had the nerve to make the

:09:29.:09:32.

break and go hard. Selmouni looked like he was trying to get himself

:09:33.:09:35.

into a position to do that but he is boxed in and cannot get out. 800

:09:36.:09:41.

metres to go and Lewandowski moves up on the outside. The tall figure

:09:42.:09:50.

from Sweden. Tom Lancashire is Oxted in. He will want to think about

:09:51.:09:55.

getting out of this hole. Alcala. Bouih. Anyone can win the race from

:09:56.:10:02.

here. Tom must start thinking about getting moving because Berglund is

:10:03.:10:06.

controlling it at the front. Tom Lancashire did in the heat, he was

:10:07.:10:11.

able to take it from 500 out and wind it up and run well from that.

:10:12.:10:15.

Maybe he's planning to do something similar. This coach is not going to

:10:16.:10:19.

tell us anything. I think Tom would like to, he is close to the front,

:10:20.:10:24.

as he is approaching 400 metres to go but there is a lot of traffic,

:10:25.:10:29.

Lewandowski on the inside, a push from Sasinek, Lancashire losing

:10:30.:10:33.

ground, Berglund slowly winding up from the front, and Alcala on his

:10:34.:10:37.

shoulder, the man fortunate to be there but Tom Lancashire with 400 to

:10:38.:10:41.

go has a real opportunity. Berglund leaving them and there is pushing

:10:42.:10:45.

and shoving behind and they are all trying to stay with Berglund, Tom

:10:46.:10:47.

Lancashire in second place at the moment, Lewandowski is

:10:48.:11:02.

a danger, Sasinek, Benitz both dangers, Berglund looking round.

:11:03.:11:04.

Berglund is taking the race to them and stretching them. There were a

:11:05.:11:07.

few slow to respond like Lewandowski, now moving around. Tom

:11:08.:11:09.

Lancashire responded. Tom Lancashire looking over his shoulder, there is

:11:10.:11:12.

still danger, he has to fight hard if he wants a medal. Five in

:11:13.:11:16.

contention, Sasinek of the Czech Republic moves up a. Lewandowski

:11:17.:11:21.

goes past Berglund. There is a real scrap on now, sesame in third place,

:11:22.:11:25.

Tom Lancashire in fourth, Berglund looks a bit spent but it is

:11:26.:11:30.

Lewandowski coming away to take the gold medal for Poland. Berglund will

:11:31.:11:34.

take the silver and Sasinek is third. Tom Lancashire ends up in

:11:35.:11:40.

fifth place, 3:44.84, the winning time, and Berglund had a go, you

:11:41.:11:44.

cannot knock him for that, he's a real talent and Tom will be

:11:45.:11:49.

disappointed. It was a messy race really. Lewandowski does what he

:11:50.:11:53.

does best. He sits and waits and when the pace comes on it comes into

:11:54.:11:57.

his hands. He is an 800-metre specialist and when the race is so

:11:58.:12:01.

slow he's always going to be that sort of danger. Berglund had ago

:12:02.:12:06.

from the front, wound it up, got it moving, but really couldn't put

:12:07.:12:11.

enough pace in two tired out Lewandowski. Tom gave it his best

:12:12.:12:15.

shot and Sasinek is a talent as well. But on the day he couldn't

:12:16.:12:18.

quite have the legs to get there with them. So he will be

:12:19.:12:24.

disappointed, I know he will. He really thought he had a chance of a

:12:25.:12:28.

medal, which he did. Plenty had a chance of a medal but Lewandowski

:12:29.:12:33.

and Berglund were always the two favourites. Immediately the race

:12:34.:12:36.

started as slowly as it did and played into the hands of

:12:37.:12:39.

Lewandowski. It's a few years since he moved up to 1500 metres but he

:12:40.:12:44.

has always had strength there and retained the speed to be able to go

:12:45.:12:48.

with that and once he moved past Berglund, Berglund was looking

:12:49.:12:51.

around because he knew there was no chance of staying with Lewandowski

:12:52.:12:53.

and the danger was coming from behind with Sasinek who ran really

:12:54.:12:58.

well. Berglund did everything he could and ran a smart race to come

:12:59.:13:03.

out of it with a silver medal. Once again, I don't think he was going to

:13:04.:13:07.

beat Lewandowski in there. The way he judged his race and around the

:13:08.:13:11.

sting out of the others and the biggest sting needed to be run out

:13:12.:13:18.

of the legs of Alcala who ran softly in the heat yesterday. He just

:13:19.:13:22.

pipped Tom Lancashire on the line. Alcala, I'm pleased he didn't win a

:13:23.:13:26.

medal really because he was lucky to be in the final. 1.52 was the last

:13:27.:13:31.

800, which shows you, Lewandowski absolutely able to do that. Tom gave

:13:32.:13:40.

it everything. Tom probably ran about 1.5 1.54 for his last 100 the

:13:41.:13:45.

same as yesterday but the medals went to Lewandowski, Berglund,

:13:46.:13:46.

Sasinek, and Tom in fifth place. Tom, you gave it everything, you

:13:47.:13:57.

always do, Steve Cram described it as a messy race, how would you sum

:13:58.:14:03.

it up? That was the word I was going to use exactly. I'm obviously

:14:04.:14:06.

disappointed. I desperately wanted this medal. I can have no complaints

:14:07.:14:14.

today, like I say, it was a messy race. I think maybe the first half

:14:15.:14:21.

of the race I was maybe a bit too focused on trying to get into

:14:22.:14:24.

positions and hold positions. I could maybe have read the race

:14:25.:14:30.

better and be more patient and worked my way through like

:14:31.:14:32.

Lewandowski did and a couple of the other guys. So, I mean, there is

:14:33.:14:40.

always things you can look at that you could change, especially when it

:14:41.:14:44.

doesn't go to plan. Yes, I'm really gutted. When you are in the moment

:14:45.:14:49.

are you just going on instinct? Yes, a lot of it is, you cannot plan

:14:50.:14:55.

these races to the nth degree. So I try and think about as many

:14:56.:14:58.

different possibilities as I can and figure out what I want to do in each

:14:59.:15:05.

situation. But like today it's just hard to prepare for those changes of

:15:06.:15:09.

direction and pace all of the time. It's disappointing. Thank you for

:15:10.:15:19.

talking to us. While that was happening we have seen it

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fascinating climax to the pole vault final. Impressive in the early

:15:23.:15:31.

stages, Stefanidi chose to pass force of the bar is at 4.85. Lisa

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Ryzih made light work of that. Stefanidi chose to pass again so it

:15:42.:15:45.

is a real game of cat and mouse. A bit of a stand-off. Stefanidi, the

:15:46.:15:52.

Olympic champion, chose to watch on and see if Lisa rise -- -- Lisa

:15:53.:16:03.

Ryzih would run out of steam and put the ball back in the German's half,

:16:04.:16:10.

very much so. This attempt was too much. And after a couple of passes

:16:11.:16:18.

Stefanidi decided to rejoin the competition.

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At the first attempt very comfortably. The tiniest of rats on

:16:27.:16:34.

the way down that she knew because of the foul of Ryzih, that was

:16:35.:16:42.

likely to take the gold, it wasn't confirmed at that stage because

:16:43.:16:49.

Ryzih chose to pass and then had this at 4.85 to go back into the

:16:50.:16:55.

lead. But it wouldn't happen for the German. So really piling on the

:16:56.:17:08.

pressure Stefanidi. A dominant performance having seen the foul.

:17:09.:17:19.

4.85 and that's how to do it. She is the Olympic champion for a good

:17:20.:17:23.

reason. She really did give that a wobble though. But it still wasn't

:17:24.:17:32.

quite confirmed because Ryzih did have one last try at that height. A

:17:33.:17:39.

lifetime best of 75 but the height was too much. Ryzih had to settle

:17:40.:17:53.

for second place. And it's meant the gold was handed to Stefanidi, a

:17:54.:17:56.

European title to add to the Olympic title from last year. Just about

:17:57.:18:06.

ready for the men's 400, some introductions to make first.

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Found things a bit difficult in the semifinal but is all business

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tonight. You can't be not impressed with Vedel. APB in the first round

:18:35.:18:45.

and semifinal. The enormous talent still just 19 but really this race

:18:46.:18:53.

is about the man, Vedel. Only a semifinalist in the last few

:18:54.:18:58.

Olympics that he is imperious, is going for three European titles in a

:18:59.:19:02.

row. He is the world indoor champion twice and he can run just as quick

:19:03.:19:09.

indoors as out and he is simply a lot better than the field here.

:19:10.:19:22.

Omelko bronze last year behind Vedel. As is often the case in

:19:23.:19:25.

indoor Championships, there are certain events which are strong,

:19:26.:19:29.

competitive and others which are less so. This may well be a

:19:30.:19:38.

procession. But Tim diminishes achievement as he goes for a funeral

:19:39.:19:47.

robe at work and the challenge come? Several men have won this title

:19:48.:19:51.

twice including Britain's to line the day go. And Todd Bennett. Nobody

:19:52.:19:57.

has won it three times and Maslak attempts to do so tonight. We

:19:58.:20:03.

watched Vedel in Prague and he went out on a ridiculous 20.99 and does

:20:04.:20:09.

like to go out hard but he can win this probably whichever way. I think

:20:10.:20:17.

he is a lot better, that is being kind to the rest. Vedel is improving

:20:18.:20:27.

and he will be enjoying running but, what happens with athletes, the

:20:28.:20:31.

thing that disappoints me is that this is his domain and he knows he

:20:32.:20:35.

is good at this so he runs with confidence and all of the ability

:20:36.:20:40.

but he never really went out into the big world stage to transfer the

:20:41.:20:44.

ability. He doesn't run with the same confidence when he comes up

:20:45.:20:48.

against the big guys, that is the a disappointment for me. Great at this

:20:49.:20:52.

stuff but you should be better outdoors. Let's remind ourselves how

:20:53.:21:08.

good he is. Maslak, this is the former, he goes out hard, great

:21:09.:21:14.

200-metre Place but hangs on. Look at the gap he had hit two years ago.

:21:15.:21:19.

At the European level he is way better and at the world level he

:21:20.:21:23.

still wins, he's beating people here. The previous one, the two

:21:24.:21:27.

World Championships, this was in Poland and only goes outdoors and

:21:28.:21:31.

lets the same people beaten outdoors and for me I'm not quite sure why

:21:32.:21:36.

that happens as often as it does. He's a great athlete, I love

:21:37.:21:39.

watching him run and I'm not being negative towards him but he should

:21:40.:21:45.

win this with ease so on finding it hard. I'm trying to find out what

:21:46.:21:51.

the average drop off time is between indoor and outdoor and most of them

:21:52.:21:52.

seem to be about a second. But, he, I don't know what he

:21:53.:22:13.

doesn't have the power outdoors, I don't know why translates. Even over

:22:14.:22:24.

200 metres if you run a 20.5 onto Ben is that is fast. And his best

:22:25.:22:31.

outside is 20.49 and he does have the 200-metre Place. Anyway, we are

:22:32.:22:36.

really analysing him, he's a brilliant athlete, let's enjoy him.

:22:37.:22:46.

During the semifinal it is a shame that there are no British

:22:47.:22:52.

contenders. It is not a strong events. Several adjusted run a

:22:53.:22:59.

qualifying time and the rules were there that said you had to turn up

:23:00.:23:05.

at the trials, sadly no British contenders.

:23:06.:23:25.

Usually they get straight into the race after the introductions but a

:23:26.:23:32.

bit of old weight for Garcia and the rest. We were just about ready now.

:23:33.:23:47.

20,000 people here, a good crowd on Saturday evening.

:23:48.:24:01.

Omelko goes on the outside, lane six. Maslak he won in Gothenberg and

:24:02.:24:13.

Prague and here it goes in Belgrade for a hat-trick and Vedel, 19,

:24:14.:24:21.

reigning European junior champion, again as composure beyond his years.

:24:22.:24:27.

Bonevacia from the Netherlands, used to run for the Netherlands Antilles

:24:28.:24:30.

but that country is not allowed to compete. Bua the closest man in

:24:31.:24:45.

times to Maslak. Garcia has made it, they're very strong Spanish

:24:46.:24:45.

contingent. Not actually a steeply banked indoor

:24:46.:24:59.

track here. Temp Maslak two titles before, the

:25:00.:25:35.

final of the men's 400 metres. He will start to fly now. Bua powering

:25:36.:25:48.

past, opening up a gap. Bonevacia going well, so to Bua. Maslak has

:25:49.:25:57.

company. A bit of a squeeze on Bonevacia from Maslak. These two

:25:58.:26:01.

having a right tussle. Maslak has to do it the hard way and he has the

:26:02.:26:09.

speed, Bonevacia behind. Maslak two metres clear. Maslak clear of the

:26:10.:26:17.

rest and strolling towards another title, and other European indoor

:26:18.:26:27.

400-metre gold, at hat-trick of wins for Maslak. He didn't have the lead

:26:28.:26:31.

initially, he had that competition early on from Bonevacia that he can

:26:32.:26:38.

win it anyway. He's untouchable. Over 400 metres indoors only it

:26:39.:26:49.

again. To be fair try to take a turn, a slower first lap than they

:26:50.:26:53.

normally run. And he was smart there. He could see the others and

:26:54.:27:03.

they did not let him dominate in the same way he normally does. What I

:27:04.:27:14.

thought to did was run a really hard first 100 metres and when he got

:27:15.:27:19.

around the top NTE staff. That gave Bonevacia a chance to, ever.

:27:20.:27:27.

He then glided past down the back straight. I thought for a minute

:27:28.:27:35.

that young infidel would come through with a bronze were didn't

:27:36.:27:40.

have the legs in the end. Ten Vhrovec winning it with ease. The

:27:41.:27:46.

athletes behind him were running their best because we will confirm

:27:47.:27:51.

in a minute, a personal best, a Dutch record and a personal best for

:27:52.:28:01.

Bonevacia. I mean, these were quick races for the athletes around Bua,

:28:02.:28:04.

this was as good as they could do and it still wasn't good enough.

:28:05.:28:09.

Hats off to them because they have raised their game. A personal best

:28:10.:28:21.

from Vedel, he had a bit of a race there but the result as we expected.

:28:22.:28:28.

The arm aloft again. The sleeved arms. He is a great indoor runner

:28:29.:28:35.

and has another title. Confirmation of that. 45.7 seven.

:28:36.:28:54.

Well here is a little look back to the shot put. The 19 year poll in

:28:55.:29:03.

the second round did this, a massive effort and through a lifetime best

:29:04.:29:09.

of over 21 metres outdoors in January. In the indoor Stadium in

:29:10.:29:22.

that second round he has unleashed a monster part of 21.97, a massive

:29:23.:29:27.

lifetime best, further than he has thrown indoors or out, a world lead.

:29:28.:29:33.

Huge throw for the young 19-year-old. Twice world junior

:29:34.:29:43.

champion in that second round. He can hardly believe that. So in the

:29:44.:29:58.

fifth round Tom Esch Danek, 21.30 his best this year, did this in

:29:59.:30:04.

round five. A big effort from the cheque.

:30:05.:30:17.

He led in the early stages did the German Bert Stanek went ahead 21.43,

:30:18.:30:35.

lifetime best so Storl, this was the best of his afternoon and his

:30:36.:30:37.

restored bonds. Lynch response. It was big. But not big enough. It

:30:38.:30:52.

was 21.30, four throws beyond 21 metres in the. -- in the end. David

:30:53.:31:01.

Storl, the defending champion, it wasn't to be. Gold two years, had to

:31:02.:31:08.

settle with that bronze medal finish. Konrad Bukowiecki, with the

:31:09.:31:15.

Polish flag, 19 years of age.? Is over his junior title over a drugs

:31:16.:31:21.

issue and has received a warning but Konrad Bukowiecki, European Indoor

:31:22.:31:24.

champion. So, the men's 400-metre final, as

:31:25.:31:38.

well as going with the favourite as we expected, something interesting

:31:39.:31:48.

we noticed on the track there, from about 250, as they were clearing the

:31:49.:31:52.

box and numbers I remember thinking they haven't taken away four and

:31:53.:31:56.

five and as they break into their lane you could C4 and five were

:31:57.:32:00.

still on the track and they avoided it which they would want it because

:32:01.:32:03.

they would want to be as bunched up as possible but there is an argument

:32:04.:32:06.

coming through the line at the end of the race spreading out on the

:32:07.:32:10.

line, you can see the kind of speed they are going over the line, that

:32:11.:32:13.

would cause somebody an accident if you got tangled up in one of those.

:32:14.:32:18.

Absolutely and you spotted that in the women's 400, they take the line

:32:19.:32:23.

and go for it and look how far she got out there and the Polish athlete

:32:24.:32:29.

went outside her. There would have been a problem because they would

:32:30.:32:32.

have been coming at speeds. You don't want to be facing a set of

:32:33.:32:37.

starting blocks on the floor and also the sign. It could have been

:32:38.:32:41.

ugly. There is no reason not to clear it, it just takes another body

:32:42.:32:48.

to pick it up and move it on. That would be great. Note to the

:32:49.:32:52.

organisers. The final event of the night is the men's 60-metre final

:32:53.:32:56.

and we are all looking forward to it. Three British men going in that,

:32:57.:33:00.

three chances for a medal, Colin thinks it will be a one, two, three.

:33:01.:33:08.

The man we are looking to for Goldeyes Richard Kilty, the European

:33:09.:33:14.

Indoor champion and he has been a world indoor champion and he is up

:33:15.:33:17.

for this and spoke to Phil a couple of days ago.

:33:18.:33:22.

Kilty gets a flying start. Gold for Kilty! Richard Kilty is already

:33:23.:33:30.

moving away, it's going to be gold for Britain.

:33:31.:33:35.

Coming in as defending champion, how does that affect your preparation

:33:36.:33:40.

and your mindset? Yeah, it's a bit different,

:33:41.:33:50.

I've never gone into anything as defending champion,

:33:51.:33:52.

I've never defended a title. When I come into a 60-metre

:33:53.:33:55.

competition in the world everybody knows me

:33:56.:33:57.

as somebody who has won everything there

:33:58.:33:59.

is indoors so definitely people see me

:34:00.:34:00.

as a bit of a target but I'm trying to look on it as a relaxed thing and

:34:01.:34:03.

not as if I have a title to defend but just a fresh competition to win

:34:04.:34:08.

and go out and attack it again. How do you prepare

:34:09.:34:11.

for the perfect start? I think the best way to prepare

:34:12.:34:13.

is just have your mind completely clear and then

:34:14.:34:16.

when you rise nothing there whatsoever

:34:17.:34:18.

and on the next sound I've always been known

:34:19.:34:25.

to have superfast reactions,

:34:26.:34:26.

and on the odd occasion reactions I saw one quote that said

:34:27.:34:28.

Richard Kilty can absolutely defend his title at the European

:34:29.:34:36.

indoors if he doesn't false start. They have been marginal and maybe

:34:37.:34:41.

in your opinion the wrong side But very, very close.

:34:42.:34:44.

How do you perceive it? The rules are the rules but I think

:34:45.:34:50.

they are a little bit dated and it is a bit

:34:51.:34:53.

of a round figure, is like saying all humans

:34:54.:34:57.

can run as fast as each other but we can't,

:34:58.:35:02.

we have different people and everyone

:35:03.:35:07.

can react differently because everybody in a race has completely

:35:08.:35:12.

different reaction times, always. process and then go

:35:13.:35:14.

but I will definitely be aiming to react

:35:15.:35:25.

reaction from me is still quite quick.

:35:26.:35:28.

How aware are you of what they do, how they are running, their

:35:29.:35:35.

Or is it all about you and your lane?

:35:36.:35:38.

I think lots of people are threats, it is a

:35:39.:35:41.

championships, people can pull it out of the bag.

:35:42.:35:48.

I did it in 2014, as a 66-1 underdog, and people can do that

:35:49.:35:51.

so you cannot count anybody out and you have

:35:52.:35:53.

to have respect for all of

:35:54.:35:57.

the people in the field but going into the race

:35:58.:35:59.

knowing you are going to

:36:00.:36:01.

deliver your best on the day and have the confidence that that will

:36:02.:36:04.

What would it mean to you to successfully defend your

:36:05.:36:07.

It's the first championships I have been in since

:36:08.:36:12.

becoming a dad and that has given me the motivation and it is a breath of

:36:13.:36:19.

fresh air to me him coming into our lives,

:36:20.:36:25.

it gives you that bit of motivation and spurs

:36:26.:36:31.

bit more to make my son proud.

:36:32.:36:42.

If he needs any more encouragement, Laura Muir winning in such style.

:36:43.:36:51.

Steve Cram, it is all yours. It has been a little while coming.

:36:52.:36:57.

She has had opportunities, but sometimes you have to go through the

:36:58.:37:00.

tears of disappointment to enjoy these moments a little bit more.

:37:01.:37:04.

Ennaoui taking the bronze medal for Poland.

:37:05.:37:16.

What a demonstration of running. Are all sorts of ways in which 1500

:37:17.:37:23.

metre runners can race, tactics. The mens rea is was different, we

:37:24.:37:28.

described it as messy but this was a pure display of ability, strength

:37:29.:37:35.

and speed. Let's not forget this young lady here, Klosterhalfen,

:37:36.:37:40.

another personal best. She is a superb talent, she is three years

:37:41.:37:44.

younger than Laura Muir and is getting stronger all the time.

:37:45.:37:49.

That's not the last we will see of her, I am pretty sure. She is going

:37:50.:37:52.

to be a contender in the years to come.

:37:53.:38:10.

What a moment for Scotland's Laragne stepping up to take her gold-medal,

:38:11.:38:18.

her first championship medal, and how deserved that is. A new British

:38:19.:38:25.

record, a new championship record and of course a new personal best to

:38:26.:38:28.

go along with all of the others she has been setting in this wonderful

:38:29.:38:33.

season she is having. Congratulations to Laura, to her

:38:34.:38:41.

coach, and I am sure all of Scotland is cheering, she is fast becoming

:38:42.:38:45.

very well-known, only north of the border but throughout the UK. A

:38:46.:38:49.

record breaker and now a gold medalist.

:38:50.:39:04.

Congratulations, Laura. With all good things in life, it's like

:39:05.:39:39.

having your first taste of ice cream, it just means you want a bit

:39:40.:39:43.

more and she will be back tomorrow for the 3,000-metre final. We all

:39:44.:39:47.

hope she can replicate this performance and get back to the top

:39:48.:39:50.

of the rostrum. She will be a little bit tired when she wakes up in the

:39:51.:39:54.

morning but goodness me it is a good feeling when you have a gold medal

:39:55.:39:57.

hanging around the bedpost. Do they still have bedposts?

:39:58.:40:02.

Great shots. Her picture will be all over our newspapers, I hope,

:40:03.:40:12.

tomorrow. She deserves all of the plaudits I'm sure she is going to

:40:13.:40:14.

get. European Indoor champion.

:40:15.:40:21.

STUDIO: Well done Paul Lemieux, Paula Radcliffe has joined us in the

:40:22.:40:31.

studio. If you want to say which of the championships Danac events she

:40:32.:40:37.

will be feeling more confident about. I know how strong she is but

:40:38.:40:44.

it is hard to pick which one she is stronger at, 1500 or 3000 because

:40:45.:40:50.

she has the range up to 5000 metres, she ran a British record indoors for

:40:51.:40:55.

5000 metres. She has declared she will double up at the Worlds

:40:56.:41:01.

potentially with 1500 and 5000. She is capable of doing that and this is

:41:02.:41:05.

a stepping stone to test whether she can do that. What Asham in her

:41:06.:41:11.

confidence and how strong she is, how she attacked the final today. I

:41:12.:41:14.

said earlier she couldn't think about tomorrow and she wasn't full

:41:15.:41:19.

sup she was just thinking, how am I going to run this race? The best way

:41:20.:41:23.

to guarantee I ran to my strengths and as hard as I can and take it to

:41:24.:41:32.

those girls. I don't think she was thinking about the championship

:41:33.:41:35.

record, just thinking about running hard and making it an honest race so

:41:36.:41:38.

that no little mistakes like getting shoved or tripped could get in the

:41:39.:41:44.

way. That music and the lights tells us one thing, another final is upon

:41:45.:41:47.

us and it's the denoument of the evening, the men's 60-metre final

:41:48.:41:50.

and Britain as a trio contenders. Steve Cram.

:41:51.:41:55.

COMMENTATOR: Well, we do, and what an opportunity. We have never had a

:41:56.:42:01.

one, two, three, we have had a one, two on a couple of occasions but

:42:02.:42:04.

there are three Swedes in this as well which is unusual for a 60-metre

:42:05.:42:11.

final. Rose, the first of their three contenders to step out. Quite

:42:12.:42:23.

enjoying these lights and attention, a bit of a struct from the

:42:24.:42:28.

sprinters. They are never a shy lot, they? Bah coming out. And then the

:42:29.:42:37.

first of the three British athletes. Theo Etienne, brilliant start in the

:42:38.:42:45.

semifinal. His coach has done a brilliant job with him. He walks

:42:46.:42:48.

down to take his place in this final.

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This guy starts fast, Pascal Mancini and it is good for Kilty he is next

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to him, having a fast start next to him keeps you on your toes. A knows

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he is going to start quickly himself anyway. The man who makes this his

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speciality, Richard Kilty of Great Britain. He won the world title in

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2014, followed it up with the European title two years ago. He now

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walks down to take his place down at the Star blocks. What a great

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Championships Booker is having. He is a former footballer -- Volko. And

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Austin Hamilton who moved to Sweden at the age of nine from Jamaica. He

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is a talented teenager. This man is the British champion. He won the

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trials when Kilty was disqualified for a false start. Coached by his

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father Sam now. Very close to the finish line, in line with the

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stadium, they are further over than the group. That is the group of

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British supporters. Andy Robertson's team are here to see if he can give

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Richard Kilty a run for his money. Can we get a British one, two,

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three. There is the full line-up for you. The 60-metre final is just

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moments away. The one thing Kilty has in his locker is he has been

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here so many times and these guys get nervous. Base all of the

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problems with starting yesterday. For many of these guys they wouldn't

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have done that, three times through, three times warming up, I saw him

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getting on the bus coming to the Stadium earlier this afternoon and

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he looked so relaxed and confident and why not? But his main rivals

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could be those wearing the same shirt as him. Theo Etienne is in

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lane three, Andy Robertson away from the action really in lane eight.

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More nerves, Colin? Yes, sprinters hate this. They are walking back now

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thinking the gun could have gone and I could have known the result

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already! They have to regather themselves, take that deep breath

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in, refocus and try and calm those nervous. A little smile from Theo

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Etienne. Robertson, I said before this is an

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opportunity for him to show that away from Britain he can come to the

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championships and produce the big performance to get him on the

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rostrum. He will be wanting to win it though. Away we go again. I'm

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wondering if there is a problem? Know I am looking at the screen and

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glancing to my left on the track. I have no ideas yet. When you're

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called to your blocks, you do have to go to your blocks quickly but in

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a timely fashion and it may well be that Bah is not coming quick and.

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Some people like to be the first to settle. Not me. The 60th metre

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final, Kilty aiming to defend his title. Etienne, Andy Robertson, the

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two British men contesting this with him. Cleanly away. I said cleanly

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away, it's looked clean to May. Kilty got a good start and he is

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doing the smart thing there. He carried on Dan because if they are

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all going to back he is taking his time to recompose. Mancini Addy good

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start, is it a good thing to have alongside? He is electric out the

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blocks, was it someone on the side? We're waiting for reaction times. I

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think it is an advantage having Mancini next to you. Yes he is an

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explosive start but what is good about him is Richard knows he can

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draw on its because he is better. From 30-40 metres he'll be thinking

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I should be on his shoulder started to move away so he will always know

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that Mancini is there. I thought lane to perhaps was the first to

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rise definitely. It is a red and black card. It has gone to Andy

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Robertson. My eyes for over on the other side. He has been

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disqualified. He wants to have a luck, he said show me. He is just

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moving. I was watching lane two. It is the pressure applied and he is

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saying we're not going to get a time on there. You know you have to get a

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good start but you have to be in the race to get a good start. He will be

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bitterly disappointed with that knowing there was a good opportunity

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there. They have to settle now. Etienne in three, Kilty and five.

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They get away cleanly. Here comes Kilty, Kilty wins it!. Gold medal

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for Richard Kilty. Nothing stopping him. The best comes through once

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more and Kilty, calm, cool, collected, the champion again. The

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union Jacks flying, the celebrations can start. He knew didn't see. --

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didn't see. That is really what to did, and if you got out a little bit

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quicker but once he is up and running, he is so good in the last

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25 metres and finishes better than anybody else. Was going away in the

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end and your three years while champion and three gold medals. He

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is so strong in the event, is so focused any knows what he can do. He

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manages to keep his cool over the 60 metres and for me what I like to see

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is Richard driving out of the blocks and then using great turnover and

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great cadence to ease him away from the rest of the pack and he always

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keeps calm. Over the 60-metre distance he is always keeping a good

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compared. -- good calm head. Let's have a look at this again. Bang, the

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gun goes, Mancini, yes you expect him to react but Richard knows he

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can draw on him, no rush to get to the shoulder and once he does get

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there, Mancini literally crumbles. Starts to tighten up while Kilty

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uses his strength and ability and confidence to pull himself away from

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the rest of the field and to run a season 's best with this kind of

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pressure around you when you know a gold medal is at stake, it shows you

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the quality of this man. Arms pumping, focused. Working hard.

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Never giving up until he crosses the line and that's what you want to

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achieve. He was going away, you have to say Volko ran brilliantly. And he

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didn't get a better start. A tall figure for a footballer. A former

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footballer. Richard got out well, it's that bit of the race when he

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gets moving and he is better than these guys there. But, a season 's

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best, what I quite like, I was in Sheffield when he had the false

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start and people were saying things, he was not bothered, he knew he

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would get selected, he knew it was OK. I think you came here very

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assured, very confident and to be fair he has delivered. You cannot

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argue. This is his manner is it? He is comfortable on this and I say to

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you and to everybody else, Richard is a quality sprinter. We can't

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forget that. He went under 650 which is a tough mark to go under. He won

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world titles and has taken on anybody over this distance so for me

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when the pressure is on who will deliver. I think certainly his

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experiences what them through this. He didn't get fazed by a team-mate,

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he had his own thing what to do. Hit the blocks well, the explosive, be

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positive and get away from the crowd. He executed that in a

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spectacular way. Brilliant performance. Fantastic. Richard

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Maton changes over the years to his regime, his coach getting some good

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results and that is a testament to his confidence. As he said he

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somehow has to transfer this into the big performances but goodness

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me, that doesn't matter right now, another gold medal, three in three

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years, defends his title, European indoor champion and a quick time.

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Two or three people ran a very quick and improved behind it. He dragged

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some people here. A new national record for the Slovakian Volko, 6.58

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for the silver medal and the 19-year-old Hamilton with a new PB,

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6.63 just nicked the bronze medal. His team-mate got the same time with

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a season 's best. Andy Robertson sadly disqualified. Congratulations

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to Kilty, first of all let's hear from Great Britain's Robertson who

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was disqualified. It is hard to know what to say after an offence like

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that, you would hope it wouldn't happen, describe what he thought had

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happened? I thought I was fined, reacted normally, I don't know, I'm

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a bit frustrated really, I feel like... It happens, I feel I was a

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bit wrong defy modest. When you are asked to go to the officials and see

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what the readout was,... It was below .1 which was frustrating

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because I felt I was in a PB form. I felt I could have won that today,

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sadly not meant to be though. But, I have had a good indoor is up until

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now, national champion, I felt I would have been a contender up there

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today but it is what it is. Thank you we appreciate it. It is

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heartbreaking and agonising and that is the absolute opposites, that is

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just euphoria. When you say you're going to deliver and Richard Kilty

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has done that time and time again. His second European title, his world

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indoor title and he Phil. Congratulations Richard, another

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title, how does this compare? Amazing, to defend it, I don't know

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what to say. So many emotions over the last few weeks and my life has

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changed now. Different life and I came out and defended my European

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title. I have never been defeated in a major championship, it feels

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awesome. We should remember a few weeks ago you were disqualified at

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the trials, we didn't know if you would make the team, you had a cold

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and you've taken the gold, does this mean more since he's been through

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more? Yes on ago Boliever of adversity making you a stronger

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person I've been through a fair deal of adversity myself. When it matters

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I'm willing to let my heart on the line. I've shown that and it is

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amazing, I want to say I love you my little son Richard, you can tell all

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the kids in a few years' time that your dad is a two-time world

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champion, my fiancee, my mum, my dad, my nieces, all of my family,

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everyone back in Teesside, I love being from Teesside and representing

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Great Britain, I'm buzzing with pride for my family, my supporters,

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everything. You deserve to be. Enjoy the celebrations. Thanks guys I want

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to say that was for my good friend James Ellington and Nigel Levine and

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those guys are going to come back strong and that was a performance

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for them. Nicely said thank you. They're very emotional Richard Kilty

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there and he has every right to be. We will tell you what is going on

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from tomorrow, we are now from 230. Laura Muir going for gold in the

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3000 metres and the relay and the women's 60 metres final and

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semifinal. Another packed afternoon here. Shall we have a little look

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the medal table and see what's Richard and Laura's goals have done?

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That looks pretty healthy. Great Britain have moved on to second

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place behind Poland. Richard's medal ceremony will be tomorrow of course

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because the stadium rapidly emptying and people are making their way home

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after what has been a buzzing last hour. Ever since the 1500 metres and

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then the 400, some great British performances. Some great

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performances but jam-packed. The arena has been buzzing tonight,

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great atmosphere, great field events as well. People who, whether it is

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time with this vet or luckier with her fourth, these experiences will

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push people on? They will. It doesn't make it any easier but both

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of those athletes walked frustrated, they didn't do anything wrong and

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gave it their best shot but they were just so close to snatching that

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medal and it would have made such a big difference I think to both of

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them and to Kyle Langford to advance. We have very little time so

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we should say a word about Laura Muir. Some of her achievements.

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Denise and I were saying that is out of the predictions now because we

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are sure she's coming back and getting a goal to Morris a game over

:58:26.:58:28.

there. I think she underlined their shape she is in. She can run the

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3000 metres and no worries about who she be fatigued because the way she

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trains, she does sessions back to back so it won't do anything about

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recovery. Don't the past another record to stop she will sleep well

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tonight, we have put in quite a shift here but we are getting

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ourselves ready for more tomorrow. We'll be back tomorrow at 2.30. And

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we are looking forward to a greater of athletics on onwards. -- great

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year. One of the greatest races in history. He is going to get that!

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